December 1992. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 13 × 8 × 5 in (33 × 20 × 13 cm). Private collection - Baltimore.
Slider I is the first in a series and continues my interest in tools and implements as extensions of the hand and in their “raw, efficient beauty of form dictated by function.” Here I incorporated the tip of a large crane lifting hook, celebrating its powerful shape while combining it with rough granite and fabricated steel.
The title Slider comes from the fluid, sliding movement suggested by the forms. The curved hook sweeps through the compact composition while the granite appears to ride along it, giving considerable weight and solidity an unexpected sense of movement and balance.
December 1992. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 13 × 8 × 5 in (33 × 20 × 13 cm). Private collection - Baltimore.
Slider I is the first in a series and continues my interest in tools and implements as extensions of the hand and in their “raw, efficient beauty of form dictated by function.” Here I incorporated the tip of a large crane lifting hook, celebrating its powerful shape while combining it with rough granite and fabricated steel.
The title Slider comes from the fluid, sliding movement suggested by the forms. The curved hook sweeps through the compact composition while the granite appears to ride along it, giving considerable weight and solidity an unexpected sense of movement and balance.
