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"Spine", The Diaphanous Organs series are fantastic and surreal handmade metal netting inspired by the details of anatomy.
Spine
Installation view, Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN. Two-person exhibition with Jordan Eagles, entitled "Murmer".
copper wire and wood
11' x 5" x 12"
2012

Spine is a very long abstracted representation of the stacked discs of a spinal column. It is fashioned of copper with an organic aged patina. Each "disc" is hung on the wall, and the piece curves out from the wall, following the gentle "S" shape of the human spine.