The stone is hard and jagged when I got it, but it wants to be soft like a river ran over it a hundred million times. I did the river's work in the studio.
Materials
alabaster Translucent white stone, arrives hard and jagged. Selected by random draw during stone sculpture class at Cherrylion Studios.stoneclass selection
Formal Elements
open formForm that unfurls, receives, makes space for what isn't there yetreceptivity, offering, space for connection
baseForm that holds another, compositionally subservient but semantically activesupport that still speaks, relationship without competition
Embodies
resistanceThe quality of pushing back, refusing to yield, maintaining shape under pressure.
Enacts
material-against-expectation Working opposite to what the material wants. Wood becomes spherical, stone becomes soft, HydroCal becomes organic, clay gets carved like stone.
