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Skyworks Sculpture Series David Sheldon
| Somnium Imperium painted steel, 6'X4.5'X3', 2016 Available for commission. |
| Pater Andromedus painted steel, 28"X24"X18", 2016. Available for commission. |
| Cassiopeia painted steel, 6'HX2.5'WX2'D , 2016 ( 2 views ) Private collection. |
| Pleiades ( Time Harp ) painted steel, 6.5'hX4.5'wX2'd, 2016. Available for commission. |
| About "Skyworks" Having lived in the Western North Carolina mountains for many years now, I draw from the power and majesty of the mountains, the star-filled skies at night and a sense that one is connected, in some way, to this vast, mysterious universe we live in. My current sculpture series, that I call “Skyworks”, stems from this experience. Created with what I call a ‘NASA aesthetic’, they are influenced in form by the immaculate instruments of space exploration, as well as the moving rhythms of modern, minimalist music and architecture. Humankind has always sought to understand our place in the Universe, and I believe Art plays a vital function in that search. They're construction is a hybrid of old and new technologies. I begin traditionally, either sketching shapes and forms on paper first, or working directly in 3D from the start - cutting out shapes and forms in wood for my maquettes.Then, using computer technologies, I finalize shapes using advanced, computer software. Plasma and laser cutters enable me to realize and fabricate shapes and formulations I wouldn't have been able to twenty years ago. Their construction follows patterns and geometries I don’t rationalize beforehand. I work intuitively and emotively, and yet, at the same time I’m attempting to eliminate any trace of what I would call ‘sentimentality’, and express a more objective state of mind. |
| Sympathy (for Foucault) painted steel, 4'X2'X2', 2016. Available for commission. |
| Templi Futurum painted steel, 36"X28"X16", 2016. Available for commission. |
| Navis Animarum (Ship of Souls) painted steel, 40"X25"X19", 2016. Available for commission. |
| Spero Aeternum (Hope Eternal) painted steel, 28"H, 2016 ( 2 views ) Available for commission. |
| Equus painted steel, 8'hX4'wX2.5'd, 2016 Available for commission. |
| Accipiter (The Hawk) painted steel, 4'X3'X2', 2017. Available for commission. |
| Cygnus (The Swan) painted steel, 6'hX4'wX2'd, 2017 (2 views) Private collection. |
| Oracle (for Apollo) Aluminum, 6'hX2'wX2'd, 2017 (3 views) for view and purchase at Mark Bettis Studio Gallery Asheville, NC. |
| "Horologium" painted steel, 42"32"X18", 2017. Available for commission. |
| Nike Ascending painted steel, 8'hX4'wX2.5'd, 2018 Available for commission. |