Wire Mesh - A Medium For Sculpture

Unlike the traditional sculpting materials of stone and clay, wire mesh encompasses many dimensions at once. Metal, light and empty space are the three components which together in varying degrees bring new directions to classic figurative sculpture. Of the three, metal, at times, seems to be the least significant. A typical sculpture is but one third wire and two thirds empty space. Shadow play from light at various angles extends the sculpture beyond its physical bounds, casting an image not unlike a charcoal sketch which can take on a form identical to the sculpture itself or become an abstract apparition. Mood, meaning and movement are enhanced, redefined or obliterated altogether by a flick of a switch or the changing angle of the sun's rays. At once animated and elemental, sculpture in wire mesh allows for a continued evolvement and reinterpretion of the work beyond its finished form.