August 1992. Steel, granite. Dimensions: approx. 13"h 13"w x 4"d
Implement XI, 1997
Implement XI continues my interest in tools and implements as expressive sculptural subject matter. I have long been drawn to tools as extensions of the hand—objects whose “raw, efficient beauty of form” is dictated by function. Here the sweeping curved steel assumes the position of a handle, while the rough granite suggests the head or blade of a primitive hand tool—perhaps an adze, hatchet, or tomahawk.
Although conceived as an implement, the arrangement also suggests a human figure. The curved steel reads as both tool handle and bodily gesture, while its implied use acknowledges the presence of the human figure.
August 1992. Steel, granite. Dimensions: approx. 13"h 13"w x 4"d
Implement XI, 1997
Implement XI continues my interest in tools and implements as expressive sculptural subject matter. I have long been drawn to tools as extensions of the hand—objects whose “raw, efficient beauty of form” is dictated by function. Here the sweeping curved steel assumes the position of a handle, while the rough granite suggests the head or blade of a primitive hand tool—perhaps an adze, hatchet, or tomahawk.
Although conceived as an implement, the arrangement also suggests a human figure. The curved steel reads as both tool handle and bodily gesture, while its implied use acknowledges the presence of the human figure.
