For this piece, I wanted to focus less on planning and more on letting the material speak to me. The requirements for the project were to work with steel and fabric of any kind. My original concept for this piece was movement, specifically dancing.
As time went on, and as I continued to play with arc welding, I created a delicate, smooth, and elegant form with the steel rebar pieces. Previously, when I thought about steel as a material I thought of rigidity, support, and heavy-ness which is why I wanted to push the material to become anything but that. I wanted the form to hang naturally and become organic even though it is an inorganic material. It was also important to me that the piece looked different from every angle; I was able to achieve that by bending the steel as far as I could physically.
I worked to redefine steel as a material and approached fabric with the same mentality. To me, fabric has always been soft, sensual, luxurious, and comforting. I wanted the fabric to look rigid, raw, and exposed for my sculpture. The final idea of this piece involves movement as a broader term, but this piece is a reflection of time.
Transcendence is ever-changing. It represents changes in my life, a timeline for my past, and an uncertain, weaving path for my future. It is a multi-dimensional piece that is representative of my body in its physical and spiritual form. Transcendence is a part of a performance in which I wear the same cloth around my body and tear it piece by piece and continue to add -- or take away -- from the steel structure.
To experience Transcendence is to experience intimacy and change in yourself
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