BirdBath with Cicadas Sculpture

My current series combines dead fragments or discarded objects, some that have been repurposed by pioneering organisms including insects, fungi, and plant life. I'm working on day and night versions of each sculpture to heighten the themes of duality and passage of time — warm golden bronze insect and plant elements for day, and cool silver castings for night. My process begins with object-seeking. I select found-objects which project both abandonment and potential. These hosts are molded in silicone rubber and casted in Hydrostone, a strengthened plaster, or white cement. The day version casts are left ghostly matte to reference death masks in homage to the objects' prior-lives, while night versions have a dark host object. Some of these objects become a base for new life in the form of sculpted or cast insects and / or plant life. While the matte plaster absorbs light, the shimmering polished bronze and silver of the living organisms suggests movement and life. sculpture; plaster and silver. Silver cicadas resting on a plaster birdbath.

Sculpture:Plaster on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 6.5 H x 7 D in

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