Muse ΜΕΛΕΤΗΝ Sculpture

Objects used: aluminium candleholder, stove plate spiral, Eclipse piercing saw frame, Stanley Surform half-round plane, pulley, bead, rotary drill gear wheel, sugar bowl lid, guitar tuning pegs, thimble, nut, trophy cup feet, brass lamp-holder component, copper wire, wood, enamel paint. This assemblage is based on one of the Muses that punished the singer Thamyris by depriving him of his voice, his memory, and his skill in playing his instrument. Muse ΜΕΛΕΤΗΝ represents practice/technique. The sculpture includes references to bees and hives through the thimble mounted on a hexagon and the banded cone with its sting-like finial. The stove plate spiral refers to cooking as a skilled activity and the so-called ‘dance’ of bees. The rasp, gear, and pulley refer to manufacturing as premised on technical skills and knowledge. ΜΕΛΕΤΗΝ serves here as an epithet of this Muse and means to pay attention to something, to practice, rehearse, or to pursue something, but also anxiety This work forms part of a series of nine sculptures entitled "Powell's Patterns 2, 11, 20, 25", which is a sculptural exploration of four contingents from the list of combatants in Homer’s Iliad. Superficially, the only link between these four catalogue entries are structural similarities first identified by the scholar Barry Powell. The sculptural series explores thematic links between these entries. For a view in the round see the video on my Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2iH5fRKkki/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Sculpture:Found Objects on Plastic

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:9.8 W x 19.3 H x 8.3 D in

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