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Little Ray of Sunshine celebrates joy, life and love. The mother and child delight in their physical game, reflecting the trust and love between them. I wanted to use balance to bring out a lightness and movement in the form, despite bronze being such a heavy, solid material. The sculpture also embodies my love of exploring the simplification of the human form to as few lines and shapes as possible, and the use of expressive surface texture.
As a natural process within the cocoon life transforms. This can relate to us as humans, transforming from the limitations of childhood into an adventurous adult life.
My sculpture symbolises a place of security while changes occur both inside the cocoon and outside of it.
By enlarging the cocoon this gives it greater impact and at the same time it is still seen as a fragile object.
The remnants found of an ancient gum chipped away till found a fitting legacy to what once was.
A swan song for a tree
The eagle represents the spiritual and mental aspects of a person and the snake is representative of the human body and the visceral aspects of life. A void within the vessel depicts an ocean of consciousness. A snake rises out of the void to confront an eagle as its outstretched wings steady and balance the vessel, preventing capsize. All aspects of a person are reliant upon being in a balanced relationship with other aspects for wellbeing and thriving.
The work is about imagining a journey in spite of the obstacles that come between the figure’s imagination of a journey and the realisation of that journey. This could be a voyage through time rather than space, an ordinary journey taking on symbolic values and meanings for life. This vessel is adrift with neither propulsion nor steerage, it must rely on the flow of currents. The boat is an overt symbol, and there are layers of meaning for me personally.
Imagine one’s life as a vessel which holds an ocean of consciousness within. Symbolically, two serpent heads are subdued as though kissing the ground and the ocean within the vessel is still. A balanced and safe passage is assured, preventing the vessel from capsizing. ‘Voyage into Being’ shows how a balance of mind, body and spirit is essential to healing and ongoing well being.
The structure of cocoons made of wrapped silk, fits with the process of layering the natural fleece in different directions to give my sculpture strength.
My enlarging of the cocoon gives it greater impact and at the same time by contrast, it is still seen as a fragile object.
‘Amber Rasa’ speaks about female empowerment and empowerment of humankind at large. Conscious intellect struggles to win mastery over brute passions as in “The quest for the Holy Grail”. “Like the Sword in the Stone”, the sword-like figures are plunged into their bases – grounded and earthbound, while their elegant forms reach up to the heavens; to a higher ground.
Drying Lake 2 can be split in two halves for transportation. This tells the story of a lake drying up because the natural water has been taken to use for irrigation. The fish are trapped in the pool of water at the back of the lake and will die there, some have already died.
Dudek’s reductive forms function as vectors of meaning between the viewer and their environment. The movement of natural light across smooth and reflective surfaces results in lively performances despite their static form.
With ‘We Came To Understand Time’ the traditional material of copper is employed in a contemporary display. The folded form explores varying perspectives, movement, reflections and relationships. Taking the time to slow down and observe rewards the viewer with access to secret spaces and unexpected happenings.
The two seemingly oppositional animal forms of an eagle and a serpent are shown journeying within and as part of the same vessel. They are reliant upon the other for their existence and protection from external forces so the work is asking each to come to terms with the other. It is a difficult but essential union/truce in order to keep the vessel afloat.