Finished Wire Sculpture

Woot Woot!!! It's all finished! I ended up going with little strips of nylon tights pulled between layers of the spirals. Am pretty happy with the way things turned out. Also, this is it for playing catch-up! From now on, my blog posts will likely not be nearly as prolific.







Artist's Statement:

This work represents much of the way I approach creating art. There is an order to it in the geometric shapes of the triangles and the unending circles that spiral around the frame. As I work, I try to draw order out of chaos yet still allow part of the work to build itself. The curve of the spirals, the varying shapes of the skin—these all show places where I gave up control and just let the piece build itself. Sometimes this lack of control resulted in imperfections, places where I began working only to discover that my ideas were flawed or at least not right for the piece. There are scars from ideas that never came it to fruition: burn marks from failed soldering attempts, random scraps of glue that I couldn’t quite scrape away. But these imperfections are what makes it unique and gives it an organic quality.

I found inspiration for this piece in architecture, yet my end result seems almost nautical. I love how the white fans spiral around the base rods, like sails on a ship. Even the shape itself is reminiscent of a sailboat.

Finally, I chose the name Ambition for this piece because it shows the hopes I have for my future works. The rods that form the triangular base are sturdy, representing the foundation of my learning. My intention in using spirals as a main feature of this piece was to give a sense of growth; as if left on its own, it might continue to grow beyond the frame it currently relies on. And someday that is what I hope to do as well.