Birdwomen series I was intrigued to see how weightless I could make metal look. In the bronze casting process you can add organic materials to the wax, which are burned out and transformed into the metal, therefore the perfect process for combining natural bird elements and sculpted wax into something new. Casting something so thin is difficult, but my direct access to a foundry allowed me to develop a system that achieved good results. With the Angel or Birdwomen series I am tapping into the ancient consciousness of flight dating back to prehistory: the bird-masked man and bird staff in the cave paintings of Lascaux; the shaman’s power to leave his body and fly about the universe as a bird; the nightly flight of the Goddess Isis traveling between the life-world and the death-world. The themes of freedom and flight connect me to a time after death of the physical body, when a different kind of freedom may be experienced. That is why the bodies of the Bird women are so thin and mass-less: the self is much smaller than the body, which reveals the essence of self. This weightlessness allows for flight and Transcendence – an analogy to personal development: the lighter the human spirit and the lesser the weight of personality, the easier changes are experienced. Dream gestures series I am exploring the half conscious state of dreaming. The eyes of the figures are closed in an enraptured expression, hands and body postures are vague yet at the same time full of emotion. Couples series I am expressing the joys found in intimacy with another. home   ..   bio   ..   for sale