Monday, September 22, 2014

I call it economic. The Artist calls it "Bling Blang!"

This is a very simple piece by artist Tom Clements. As he says in his description below, he started out with a piece of maple that he had cut a couple of commas out of for a yin yang, but he didn't want to just throw away what was left over.

Now, he has created something far better with all the bits and pieces he had left. It's a playful piece, with all the bits and pieces sort of thrown together to make something greater than the sum of its parts. The dynamic between the light and dark woods, light colored metal to dark stone and jewels, helps to reflect the duality of the symbology, the yin yang symbol which began this art piece. The fact that this piece is hung at an angle makes it more alive, and the effect is heightened by the sweep of lightly colored metal at the back.

I truly enjoy this piece.



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