There is a point in life where some feel the need to set out from the safety and structure of a familiar place, of a collective, or even of a well-built core of beliefs, to go out into the desert, into nothingness, silence and the unknown. Then transformation can begin…
By leaving behind society, family, habits, beliefs, distractions, we set out to meet ourselves. By letting go of the structures we rely on, we can build a much sounder structure within.
I would normally never have dreamed of putting green and purple together, yet that is exactly what happened: I had a dream of electric blue-green on iridescent purple, and I used them here. They are pearlescent so their appearance changes with the light.
Creation process:
Original design, for the book Jahreszeiten der Liebe (“Seasons of Love”). The arms were shorter as befitting the small area of the page
Arrival of the laser-cut wooden parts
Testing the assemblage
First coat of paint on the assembled and primed units
Testing again
Final assemblage, after painting the highlights and before the gradients.