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Stone and Steel Figurative Sculptures

Big Horse Pull Toy, 2003 Stone and steel sculpture

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.

 

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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
Stone Sculpture 006 Stone Sculpture 007 Stone Sculpture 008 Stone Sculpture 010 Stone Sculpture 011
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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