Vessels of Woven Copper Wire by Sally Blake Mimic the Patterns of Natural Lifeforms
All photographs © Sally Blake, shared with permission
From her studio in Canberra, Australian artist Sally Blake (beforehand) twists and plaits copper wire into baskets and sculptures evocative of the natural matter ubiquitous across the planet. Seed pods, sprawling networks of bulbous pockets and skinny, sinuous veins, and mammalian bronchial programs emerge from the malleable materials, and thru intricately woven motifs, Blake accentuates the stress between delicacy and resilience inherent to pure life. “Visualisation of the pure legal guidelines and patterning that maintain individuals in relationship with Earth, in addition to the results of those unravelling, is my focus,” she tells Colossal. “I really feel deeply about disconnections in human understanding and care of the pure world, which end in environmental crises”
At present, Blake is engaged on metallic vessels for a solo present opening on October 20 at Canberra’s Grainger Gallery, along with sculptures for a bunch exhibition in Sydney later this fall. She has a number of baskets, along with stitched items and different two-dimensional works, accessible in her shop, and you may observe her newest initiatives—which embrace drawing all the world’s owl species—on Instagram.
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