I have always been fascinated with bones. They are forms, which grow. Bones are given form by the forces of each individual life and support it, but their beauty is invisible until after death. They are the synthesis of life’s function and form, death’s architectural remains.
Vessels or boats are expressive of journey. Their forms are pod-like suggesting nature’s verdant growth. They float. They shape and are shaped by water – life’s principal ingredient. Plants and animals are life’s most abundant forms and provide us with the nourishment to continue life. Combining bones and vessels becomes for me a Bone Journey, a symbol of our own journey through Nature and Time. Each of our journeys is one of life and death. These vessels are its echo.
The larger pieces are sculpted using small bones as model. The enlargement takes the bone out of its life scale and puts into a sculptural scale. Enlarged its origin is a reference only, and now the form can be seen in its expanded complexity. Nature is the true sculptor. My wish is to present these forms at a confrontational scale so that this functioning beauty can be encountered fully.
Ann Morris
Sculpture Woods
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