22 Oct Stone and Steel Figurative Sculptures

Big Horse Pull Toy, 2003
Recycled steel, granite
38″ x 51.75″ x 16.5″
Collection: Kids Count Pediatrics PLLC, Elkin, NC

Ever since I made Big Horse Pull-Toy, I’ve been meaning to create more “sculpture on wheels.” It’s a very simple way to play with movement in a piece, but I like the idea of a sculpture that’s easy to move around to different locations. There’s an appeal, to my mind, in the idea of making sculpture less monumental and more intimate by allowing it the feedom to roam about. I also like the idea of being able to redesign a landscape or garden in the same way that one might move the furniture around in the living room. One might change the accents around as the seasons change, or maybe just mix things up now and then to keep them fresh.

The figures below are one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by, and built around, stone shapes that catch my eye from the cast-away pile at a local stone vendor’s. Because the stone is polished on one side only, the back is decorated with copper.

Little Miss Exuberance, 2003 Steel, Granite, Copper 74″ x 27″ x 12″ Private Collection	Akimbo, 2003 Steel, Granite, Copper 80″ x 38.5″ x 12″ Private Collection	Akimbo,detail	Akimbo,detail	Lookout, 2003 Granite, Steel 35″ x 24″ x 12″ Private Collection
Signal, 2003 Steel, Granite, Copper 61″ x 27″ x 12″ Private Collection	Signal, detail	Sentinal, 2002 Granite, Steel 32″ x 40″ x 8″ Private Collection	Curious Child, 2002 Granite, Steel 36″ x 34″ x 8″ Private Collection	Lightning Moon Man, 2003 Steel, vitreous glass 20″ x 16″ x 7.5″ Private Collection
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