January 1980. Colorado flagstone, steel. Dimensions: 71 × 30 × 30 in (180 × 76 × 76 cm).
Private Collection
Stone Totem 80 is part of the tensegrity, or Brute Series, in which gravity and the pressure of the stones provide the energy—or “glue”—that holds the sculpture together without welding. Weight becomes an active structural force as stone and steel interact through tension, compression, and balance.
Gravitational energy is channeled and made visible through the interlocking forged steel bars, creating a static energy event—a sculpture held in arrested motion. The work reflects a recurring concern in my sculpture: how opposing forces—weight and lift, mass and movement, tension and stability—can be brought into balance.
January 1980. Colorado flagstone, steel. Dimensions: 71 × 30 × 30 in (180 × 76 × 76 cm).
Private Collection
Stone Totem 80 is part of the tensegrity, or Brute Series, in which gravity and the pressure of the stones provide the energy—or “glue”—that holds the sculpture together without welding. Weight becomes an active structural force as stone and steel interact through tension, compression, and balance.
Gravitational energy is channeled and made visible through the interlocking forged steel bars, creating a static energy event—a sculpture held in arrested motion. The work reflects a recurring concern in my sculpture: how opposing forces—weight and lift, mass and movement, tension and stability—can be brought into balance.
