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Granite, steel. 24 × 45 × 10 in (61 × 114 × 25 cm).
Private collection, Washington, DC.
Vinalhaven Arch VII is part of my continuing exploration of the arch within the tensegrity, or Brute Series. Rough granite stones lean and bear upon one another, using gravity, compression, and their considerable weight to create a precarious but stable structure. A long forged-steel bar beneath the stones binds the composition together, while the open central space becomes as important as the physical elements surrounding it.
The title refers to Vinalhaven, Maine, where I sourced the granite. Rather than carving the stones, I worked with their existing shapes, mass, and irregular surfaces, positioning them so weight and pressure become active structural forces. In this work, as in several others from the series, I employed hidden steel pins to secure some of the stones in service of the overall composition—a departure from my earlier insistence that the means of assembly remain visible.
Granite, steel. 24 × 45 × 10 in (61 × 114 × 25 cm).
Private collection, Washington, DC.
Vinalhaven Arch VII is part of my continuing exploration of the arch within the tensegrity, or Brute Series. Rough granite stones lean and bear upon one another, using gravity, compression, and their considerable weight to create a precarious but stable structure. A long forged-steel bar beneath the stones binds the composition together, while the open central space becomes as important as the physical elements surrounding it.
The title refers to Vinalhaven, Maine, where I sourced the granite. Rather than carving the stones, I worked with their existing shapes, mass, and irregular surfaces, positioning them so weight and pressure become active structural forces. In this work, as in several others from the series, I employed hidden steel pins to secure some of the stones in service of the overall composition—a departure from my earlier insistence that the means of assembly remain visible.