Nymph

THE NYMPH ANDROMEDA

The title of the last sculpture refers to the celestial constellation Andromeda as a symbol of the Universe, of creation and therefore of the energy it possesses. The marble block weighs over 3 tons, many had advised me to cut it into smaller pieces if only to make the sculptures more easily transportable. However, I did not feel like doing such a thing for a rare feature that sets it apart: The block is the result of a natural detachment from the wall of the mountain. In fact, in the area of the spiral you see a reddish surface that has allowed to trace the gravitational waves that from the center of the spiral invest the body of the princess rescued by Perseus.

Having some scientific training, I tried to upply to the marble modern conceptions about the structure of matter, which means that the ultimate reality is composed of waves and particles in constant motion and unexpectedly appear and disappear once in a trillionth of a second The waves of the sea, the hair of the nymph, and even the curves of her body, which appear and disappear in the waves, want to express the wave undulatory nature and the constant motion of our Universe. What better metaphor for the sea as a continuous movement? Never gratified of lifting, ruffling, breaking and foaming of the waves, the sea engraved in the marble preserves intact the evocative power of the movement to give dynamic life to the inert and cold stone.

Reviewing some ancient notions I seemed to find out even in mathematical formulas an admirable aesthetic aspect. In fact, I would like to impress on the front of the marble block the equation of ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES DESCRIPTION by MAXWELL . I am convinced that also the mathematical symbols can have their own artistic declination starting with the symbol of partial derivatives. Then, let's leave to the viewer the interpretation of this abstract figurative.

Photos in the bright light of midday. Extracting a face of marble statuary is the operation involving the highest risk of technical error and also by the internal shape of the material. Work, especially in the final part, it took place only with the rasp and diamond pat.
Photos in the morning light. The facial expression is designed to highlight the emergence of the Nymph in the middle of the stroke of the wave of the sea. It has taken several sketches and also the latter does not correspond completely to what is depicted in marble. The fact is that the ideation process never stops and the translation marble is almost never a mechanical act. The change of matter to clay statuary, generates new visions and new inspirations.
Photos in the midday light. This photo highlights the whiteness of the marble and provides the same perspective when the sculpture will be in the final position. In fact, the basic block will not be higher than 30 cm. The current base height is 100 cm for working functionality issues.
Photo 8.00 in the morning. Very impressive with the play of light and shadows that seem to move the hair on the side of the wave. The surface of detachment enters full title in sculpture, and allows highlighting the spiral and the gravitational waves that come out of it.
Detail of the face in the light of noon.
The afternoon shadows emphasize the formulas of purine and pyrimidine bases of DNA.
Photos with the evening light. The back of the sculpture. The naked submerged in the waves, allows for imaginative exploration that can change for the same person depending on the location from which you look.
Photos afternoon. Only glass marble statues could afford this kind of results, all the effort in this sculpture was engineered to provide maximum movement marble.
Photos of the late afternoon. View from the top with the waves of the same condensed into the spirit of the waters.
The light beam evening is filled with stars of reddish color and provides a second sculpture.
The pictures of the sunset. Like detail.
Photo of the spring night.

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