Technical Specs Print medium: Urethane Resin, silicone rubber. Applying: Gold leaf, Lacquer
Approximate Measurements: 24" x 17" x 6"
I chose to work in mediums that would create juxtaposition between the modern and the ancient worlds.
I will print the sculpture in urethane resin because of its prevalence in the modern world. By gilding the "heavenly wings" I will be using gold to depict God, just as our ancestors did as early as 6000 BC. Lacquer, also a medium that dates back to the Neolithic age (7000 BC) evolved being sourced from sap of the Cashew Tree to the current toxic formula, and seemed the logical medium to adorn the egg, which represents evolution.
The stars represent the universe and will be printed in silicone rubber. Silicon is the 8th most common element in the universe, and the only element found throughout the universe that can be used for printing in three-dimensional form.
When I was invited to participate in the Rapid Artists project, I decided to use one of my paintings "Who’s Pulling the Strings" as my model. I address the dual themes of man's idea of God and inquiry in to mysteries of Evolution with an egg shaped Universe suspended from wrought iron wings, characteristic of Heaven's messengers.
My creative process began with digitizing a three dimensional sculpture on a computer - a computer that uses numerical code. I was reminded of a hypothesis. Around 450 BC the mathematician Pythagoras theorized that numbers are a divine expression of God's mind and numbers define all existence. Is our move toward worlds of 3D fantasy such as the movie Avatar, and the ability to print a work of art in three dimensional form, bringing us closer to proving Pythagoras' theory that numbers define reality? In the Hindu religion, "avatar" refers to the intentional decent of a deity from heaven to earth - usually in an assumed form. -- And so the mediums of numbers and brushstrokes create alternative realities in our search for God and greater understanding.
