A deeply weathered rutted cedar post
is attached at a 60-degree angle on a 24 by 18 by 4-inch thick polished
concrete base. The post is painted bright red and has several one-foot
slits that allow you to see though the post. The deep ruts follow
the angled post from top to bottom. The top six inches starts with
a twist and curve and then immediately part to open a one-inch wide
slot for about a foot. Halfway down a one half inch slim stick separates
from the post to make another skinny twelve inch long slit. Ten
inches from the bottom, half of the ruts in the post end as they
loop around a protruding knot. The other major element of this sculpture
are six, six-inch antique pine cubes on blue dowels following down
the high side of the angle post. The blue dowels hold the cubes
parallel about six inches off the angled post. The first cube is
positioned near the top after the post makes it twist and curve.
The line of cubes follows the post about halfway down. They are
positioned in the order that they were cut from the beam with all
sides aligned and the spacing between them exactly three fourth
of an inch. A jig with indexing was built to hold the post in precise
positions as it was drilled for the blue dowels. The cubes show
a distinctive grain pattern on the sides with straight line between
the yellow orange and the red orange colors in the wood. There is
a hole in every plan.
For a more detailed description of this sculpture
please contact hank@chronicart.net.
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