Lacquered lime wood and illuminated rock crystal on a leather-wrapped steel base
2021
104cm high by 75cm wide by 34cm deep
“I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps Oh look at that! Then – whoosh, and I’m gone… and they’ll never see anything like it again… and they won’t be able to forget me – ever”
Jim Morrison
| Estimate: | £4,000 - £5,000 |
I started this piece in
2017 – full of over-ambition, and way out of my depth. I had had such a strong
vision of the finished piece, and knew it just had to be made. Four years later it was finally completed, much to the relief of my family, who, at many times,
were convinced it would forever remain an abandoned and half-finished mess.
This piece consists of
just four separate carved and painted wooden sections, which, once assembled,
enclose a large sphere of smelted quartz and an LED light source to bring it to
life. As is often the case with my work, this is a study in motion rather than
an accurate portrayal of a flaming space-ball or a piece with a moral or
message. The organic shapes used in the representation of the flames are
deliberately stretched out, the colour is imperceptibly lighter at the pointy
end and darker on the internal surfaces,
and the way the whole is mounted at an angle on the canted and pyramidal
base all adds to the impression of a strong direction of travel.
While this piece might
not have a great deal to say, it remains an extraordinary and unique object,
and is one that has given me great pleasure (and not a little grief) to bring
into being.
Sculpture, Interior Design
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