Helix Strike with Glacier Boulders
Cast Aluminum, Bronze and Granite Site 16' x 20' x 20'
| Over the past several years
I have been working with the metal casting process to create my sculpture.
The sources for my work are drawn from the landscape and the processes
that have formed it, the scale and power of industry, and the effect that
environmental forces have on human ordering, ranging from remote ancient
ruins to urban archeology.
I see the processes and elements used to shape metal in the foundry as a metaphor for the forces that have shaped and are shaping our environment. What interests me most about a cast object is its fossil like nature: its ability to retain and convey information. My most recent castings
address the way creative forces in nature shape material; comparing time
and material. Wood fragments blown from trees struck by lightning,
boulders worn by glaciers and water, and currently hybrid oversized gourds
have been used for patterns for the castings.
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Helix Strike with Glacier Boulders
Cast Aluminum, Bronze and Granite Site 16' x 20' x 20'
| In some instances the actual natural object is shown in context to the metal casting ... bring into question ... both realities. |
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