Passage

This series of work is inspired by the passage of time and space of Chinese and early Cubist landscape paintings. Rectangular in format, the sculptures fuse receding and advancing planes around embedded branch-like tubular forms. Working with copper sheet metal, the cut elements are hammered and folded to create deep receding channels within within the projecting planes. The shadows of channels create dark sunken outlines that further emphasize the shifting surfaces that are treated with dappled patinas.