'Big Horns Ram' (Phase 2) by Shane Wilson
May 07, 2010 Categories: Big Horns Ram
As so often happens, things change.
I started off with the concept of the two rams charging each other and had in mind a kind of Mobius curve, wherein each horn was carved along a path from tip to base and back up the other side, curving over on itself at the end of which the ram's head, to be realized abstractly, would be carved at the moment when the ram drops into the collision at the end of the charge.
But the more I worked the idea the more I liked the concept of the ram breaking through its own path.
The idea is synonymous with a personal journey toward maturity.
We are all the product of a history, a past, the end product (for the moment) of generations upon generations of those who have gone before. We are the product of family, culture, religion, race, on and on.
Part of becoming an adult is coming to terms with our heritage as we make our own way, not completely breaking with the past but nearly so.
These two sculptures form a set, each telling the same tale of individuation and maturity, but from the perspective of two very different personalities.
The one is cool the other hot.
The left horn shows the ram shattering its way through its path, like breaking glass or fracturing ice. The right horn shows the ram melting through its path, molten tears evident in its wake.
Angles and Curves.
Appropriately, this sculpture set has been commissioned by a proud father for his two sons, each different - both making their way in the world.
I am going to have to change the name of the sculpture set, but need to give the matter more thought.
(big horn sheep horn carving, big horn sheep horn sculpture)
I started off with the concept of the two rams charging each other and had in mind a kind of Mobius curve, wherein each horn was carved along a path from tip to base and back up the other side, curving over on itself at the end of which the ram's head, to be realized abstractly, would be carved at the moment when the ram drops into the collision at the end of the charge.
But the more I worked the idea the more I liked the concept of the ram breaking through its own path.
The idea is synonymous with a personal journey toward maturity.
We are all the product of a history, a past, the end product (for the moment) of generations upon generations of those who have gone before. We are the product of family, culture, religion, race, on and on.
Part of becoming an adult is coming to terms with our heritage as we make our own way, not completely breaking with the past but nearly so.
These two sculptures form a set, each telling the same tale of individuation and maturity, but from the perspective of two very different personalities.
The one is cool the other hot.
The left horn shows the ram shattering its way through its path, like breaking glass or fracturing ice. The right horn shows the ram melting through its path, molten tears evident in its wake.
Angles and Curves.
Appropriately, this sculpture set has been commissioned by a proud father for his two sons, each different - both making their way in the world.
I am going to have to change the name of the sculpture set, but need to give the matter more thought.
(big horn sheep horn carving, big horn sheep horn sculpture)