The Wedding Dance

The Wedding Dance

Made from welded steel armature wrapped in t-shirt, wool, cotton shirting and silk tie remnants, zippers, cotton warp, costume jewelry

I welded two standing figures that were connected at the hips. They were rigid and uninspired. They stood stark and stiff on my work table for many months. The only energy they inspired was to move them out of the way. I added faces, hands and begun to form their shapes, their stiffness prevailed. I began to doubt the welded connection at the hips and pulled a leg out behind the man draping some zipper constructions over the skirt and extended leg. The movement of dance was unlocked, building the tension of pulling away, swinging around yet staying connected at the hip.

Definitive Works

Milkweed Pod
Wave
The Falcon
White Bison
The Healing Power of Time
Walk in the Woods
Night Watchers
The Raven
The Wedding Dance
Women at the Well

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