Hey there. Has it been a while or what? So what finally brought me back? Well, as the end of summer rolled around, I was always biking past a particular tree. This tree was covered in deep green leaves and was dripping with bright orange berries. I couldn't get the tree out of my head, and I decided that I really wanted to try to capture it in mobile form (you'll have to read to the end to see the finished product).
So back to this tree.. I fell in love with working with 'abstract' pieces again while working on it. I simply let the tree evolve into what it wanted to be while I was sculpting it. Also- it is painted! As you may have noticed in the past I have stuck with mostly just the plain sheet metal. However this time I felt it was time for some color. Let me just say- painting metal has brought about its own challenges, but I am slowly perfecting the process.
After completing the tree- and being very happy with myself- I realised that I had to keep going. That's how the lemons, tangerines and avocados came into being. As I thought of these fruit pieces as experiments, I kept them as smaller wall sized sculptures. I intend to explore this further and try out some more fruit and veg this way. I'll stop chatting now so you can go check them out for yourself.
P.s.- if you're in the area, these are all on display in Galleri SoHo, Gallerian in Västerås.
