Wire Workers

I want to translate my line drawings into wire, to create a 3D, staged, layered crowd that draws the viewer into the centre, swallowed by the swarm. I'm going to use wire as personally Ilike the medium and as a material it is cold, hard and brittle, which will hopefully interpret the indifference and pretenciousness of the society I wish to describe and the intimidation factor which is experienced when on the outside of it.

David Oliveira

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Berrien (wirelady.com)

 

 

 

Before I began experimenting and exploring the works of wire, I researched sculptors such as David Oliveira, Elizabeth Berrien, Tom Hill, Jayne Lennard, Kieta Jackson, Anthony Gormley (as seen in other posts), Seung Mo Park and Minako Watanabe among others. The work of these listed found particularly of interest as they explore simular themes and structures to my own studies.

 

 

 Tom Hill

Has done continuous studies of birds, flat / 3D wire drawings, mainly animals, rare human forms

Seung Mo Park

Uses wire mesh, overlapping it continuously to form large scale portraits 

 

Minako Watanabe

"Forest of lights"

Woven wire and silk creating a cityscape

 

My own efforts/failures/calluses soon to come :)