The first work of art you encounter is Lace Mountains, a huge wood piece by Ursula von Rydingsvard, whose main sculpture tool is a chain saw. If you look at the detail shot, you can see how dramatically the surface has been indented and chopped to bits. But if you stand back and look at it head-on, the 3-D effect almost disappears.
I was visiting the museum with two friends, Marti Plager and Sandy Ciolino, both of whom have extensively used the fractured piecing technique I wrote about last week. Sandy pointed out that the distance view of Lace Mountains looked a lot like a quilt made with fractured piecing, and she was right!
What an unexpected moment of discovery, and what a treat to have it in the company of people who are so closely associated in my mind with this nifty technique.
This is a fabulous piece. Thanks for showing here.
ReplyDeleteI'm scared of chainsaws, and besides I want to work smaller. But, oh, that makes me want to make things!
ReplyDeleteMary Anne in Kentucky
Hi, Kathleen:
ReplyDeleteI"m a quilter, visual artist who works with a circular saw! (what UVR uses) and I"m an intern in Ursula's studio. She's a wonderful person, massively terrific woman, and artist.
Circular saws; not chainsaws.
Now it makes sense: her sculpture is is is very quilt-like. the blocks, the chunks, like the chunks in a quilt. Your friend's assessment is right on the $$$$.
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