Memento

 

The Buoy

White pine, wood stain, blue thread

3.5" x 3.5" x 4"

Artist Statement

The sculpture explores a memory I have from my childhood in growing up in Florida. When I was young, my grandfather would take my sisters and I out on his boat to a sandbar, we would collect shells and then meet at the buoy in between the boat and the sandbar. Using white pine wood I created a circular form with a smooth texture to represent the boat my grandfather built and would take us out on. With wood stain and sandpaper I was able to create lighter values on the wood that resemble the appearance of sunlight bouncing off of ocean waves. I included the element of focal point with the blue thread that I shaped into a rope. Rather than using a real rope, I created it out of blue thread because thread is soft and and warn, like the feelings I get from this memory. 

In Process

Inspiration

Rachael Breakie

https://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Memento%20Student%20Work

Mike Kelley

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/66793

Janaina Mello Landini
https://theinspirationgrid.com/unravelling-rope-art-installations-by-janaina-mello-landini/