August 2000. Bronze, granite. Dimensions: 10.5 × 16 × 8 in (27 × 41 × 20 cm). Stone replaced resulting in new work: Cudgel ‘03.
Cudgel Arch is part of my ongoing Cudgel Series and continues my interest in tools and implements as expressive sculptural forms. The sweeping bronze arc suggests a handle, while the rounded granite becomes the heavy head of a primitive tool or club. Unlike the sharper stones in earlier Cudgel works, which suggest a blade, its rounded form gives the sculpture a more distinctly club-like character.
Cudgel Arch also marks my first use in the series of an animal horn cast in bronze, reflecting my interest in the natural spiraling geometry of horns and other organic forms. The horn reinforces the primitive, elemental character of the imagined tool while bringing natural form and human-made implement together.
The stone broke and a new stone was attached resulting in Cudgel 03 (T-03-03)
August 2000. Bronze, granite. Dimensions: 10.5 × 16 × 8 in (27 × 41 × 20 cm). Stone replaced resulting in new work: Cudgel ‘03.
Cudgel Arch is part of my ongoing Cudgel Series and continues my interest in tools and implements as expressive sculptural forms. The sweeping bronze arc suggests a handle, while the rounded granite becomes the heavy head of a primitive tool or club. Unlike the sharper stones in earlier Cudgel works, which suggest a blade, its rounded form gives the sculpture a more distinctly club-like character.
Cudgel Arch also marks my first use in the series of an animal horn cast in bronze, reflecting my interest in the natural spiraling geometry of horns and other organic forms. The horn reinforces the primitive, elemental character of the imagined tool while bringing natural form and human-made implement together.
The stone broke and a new stone was attached resulting in Cudgel 03 (T-03-03)
