sculpture
biserica ginditorul castel lumina zidul ravecii margaret's house
Perhaps one of my greatest inspirations for creating structures in aggregate
stone springs from my exposure
to ancient ruins in Romania. I find an unrelenting quality in stone that
captures
the endurance of
the natural world;
these stone compositions are a way of insinuating the
human creative spirit in nature.
"victoria's cottage"
"the wall" is part of a sculptural series that refers to the "western wall" in jerusalem. each wall
that I create embodies the spiritual, archaeological, and and historical significance of solomon's
temple, and its religious and structural properties as a site that invokes the intersection of time and
history. it features a free standing structure that relies on load-bearing principles for stability, complimenting natural physical
forces. part of its artistic composition is the element of faith and reflection inherent in ordering the courses of stone as an
exercise in the awareness of sacred space.
The Hamangia Man, also knowwn as the Thinker of Cernavoda is based on a figurine recovered from the Black Sea coast dating back to 3500BC. This piece was carved from oak. The lighthouse below is staged in Lake Erie. Martello Tower, draws its inspiration from Ulysses, by James Joyce.
Lighthouse in Lake Erie
Martello Tower, inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses.
Two-story outpost.
My first concept piece of a free standing
wall.
The Thracian Rider (above) is a casting in tin-bismuth in the round. The piece was inspired by a bas relief from Thracian burial sites dating back to 4 BC.
I had the idea to combine bas relief with natural stone to reproduce a likeness of Mt Rushmore. Here is the working layer in clay.
Here it is with patina.
I staged one of my Hamangia figurines on the shore of Lake Erie. Below left is the clay model used for the stone casting. I used a virtual museum site in Bucharest in order to scale the model to the original figurine. Below right is a closeup of the casting.
For information on ordering original sculpture or commissioning works, send an email to dcruney@bucovinamica.net
