Friday, March 15, 2013

Articulation




I have been thinking about how an articulated design allows for movement by an object or organism that is made of inflexible materials.  This elegant knight's boot is from the armour collection at the Stibbert Museum in Florence, Italy.




I have been working with articulated cone shapes in my sculpture and jewelry, some are spring loaded so that the nipple spring back when depressed. Others are suspended so that they vibrate with vibrations in the room, or move when worn. 










Friday, March 8, 2013

Pitfall Traps



The thing about pitcher plants is that they proudly strut their rotund carnivorous bellies; their "pitfall traps".  Their inviting stipples lips beckon, their skin sweats little droplets, and the pitchers suspend in a cantilevered way. An amalgam of wonderful visual details.



my pitcher plant




  From my recent series of Etheries, includes these pieces, Pfiu and Skaf, which I only just realized borrows many of my favorite details of my Pitcher Plant..... A beckoning, stipple-rimmed, crenolated portal, a voluminous belly containing an entrapped substance that is whirling as if in a state of being digested....










Photo of my Pfiu





   
Photo of my Skaf