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Sculpture, Metal on Wood
Size: 70.9 W x 55.1 H x 5.9 D in
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Identity The material that forms Identity is wood salvaged from a willow tree. The tree itself, is around a 100 years old that was brought down in a storm, blocking a road and damaging surrounding power cables as it fell. Material such as this is usually destined to be firewood, however living locally meant that I could save a significant amount of it. As a sculptor I wanted to honour its life and bring beauty to a different audience. Giving it sanctuary, albeit in a different form and space. Identity, gently plays with the natural occurrence of growth rings, both within human identity and within the growth life of a tree. The age and growth history of a tree is shown in its rings and is unique to each tree. Similarly, a human fingerprint is unique to an individual. Each aspect - fingerprint/growth ring - represents a life cycle and shared history to be celebrated and protected. Each individual piece within this work acts as an individual fingerprint of the wood that when combined with its counter parts forms a humanlike fingerprint formation. Each time this work is shown, it is hung in a completely new formation to represent the uniqueness of our identities and celebrate nature and art working in tandem, creating a positive impact on this world rather than a negative human impact on our environment.
Metal on Wood
One-of-a-kind Artwork
70.9 W x 55.1 H x 5.9 D in
24
Not Framed
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The exploration and transformation of material has always been a crucial part of my practice. Growing up in the British countryside, I have always been drawn to nature to source the materials I work with. From this ongoing relationship I have developed my study of wood and its intrinsic qualities, as well as its behavior when acted upon through man-made materials and tools. This juxtaposition, both enhances and transforms the natural beauty of the materials I work with. My aim as an artist is to show off these natural materials and to guide the viewer back to these resources and the meditative power of nature we tap into when confronted by it. The process of making, for example, the selection and seasoning of the wood, as well as working with it, is as important to me as the object itself. This gives me an intimate understanding of each work, allowing me to demonstrate the different ways in which a material can be looked at and used. By burning, carving and casting the wood I create contrasting patterns that highlight and transform its shape and surface. I choose to celebrate the defects created by these actions such as my markings, and expose the ones caused by nature such as knots, cracks and aging. Setting metal into the wood has the potential to create a friction between these two polar materials. Yet, aesthetically, it appears harmonious as a single object. The alchemical quality of this fusion is solidified, for me, by the casting process, in which the metal roots into the wood, similar in which a tree root takes to the soil.
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