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April 1983. Granite, painted steel. Dimensions: 9 × 4 × 4 ft. Private Collection
Sea Stem belongs to a transitional period when the structural concerns of my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series, were becoming more expressive and metaphorical. A long slab of granite rises at a steep diagonal, its weight countered by a dark tubular steel element with small welded projections. Gravity, balance, and arrested motion remain central, but the forms have begun to move beyond purely structural concerns.
The title Sea Stem suggests both the organic growth of a plant and the structural stem of a vessel, bringing together references to nature and navigation. The rising stone and branching steel evoke a mast, stalk, or marine form without becoming literally representational, reflecting my growing interest in allowing stone and steel to carry broader associations while retaining their inherent physical character.
April 1983. Granite, painted steel. Dimensions: 9 × 4 × 4 ft. Private Collection
Sea Stem belongs to a transitional period when the structural concerns of my earlier tensegrity, or Brute Series, were becoming more expressive and metaphorical. A long slab of granite rises at a steep diagonal, its weight countered by a dark tubular steel element with small welded projections. Gravity, balance, and arrested motion remain central, but the forms have begun to move beyond purely structural concerns.
The title Sea Stem suggests both the organic growth of a plant and the structural stem of a vessel, bringing together references to nature and navigation. The rising stone and branching steel evoke a mast, stalk, or marine form without becoming literally representational, reflecting my growing interest in allowing stone and steel to carry broader associations while retaining their inherent physical character.