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Expanding Landscape (Sculpture)- Private Dental Office (Houston, TX)

Expanding Landscape Installation Office Art Melissa Borrell
Expanding Landscape Installation Office Art Melissa Borrell
Expanding Landscape Installation Office Art Melissa Borrell

Expanding Landscape (Sculpture)
2010
Vellum, Acrylic rod, Monofilament
18 in x 72 in x 12 in
Private Dental Office, Houston, TX

A precursor to TopoGraph and the origin for a larger installation of the same title, Expanding Landscape (Sculpture) started with a single piece of vellum. Mountains and valleys grew out of the paper to make a topography alluding to both geologic and architectural forms. I created the three dimensional form by making cuts into the material, using an x-acto knife to “draw” lines into the page that allowed it to open up into a lacey, flowing, 3d landscape. I remain intrigued and mesmerized by the magic of transforming a flat sheet of material into an undulating form. In Expanding Landscape (Sculpture) I was able to work spontaneously, allowing the sculpture to take shape as I cut across the sheet without a fixed plan in my head. Giving into the possibilities of the material, letting the process of working with it be both fluid and highly specific, gave me a new way to achieve a balanced piece that flows through space, extrapolating organic lines and form through repeated cuts.

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Expanding Landscape Installation Office Art Melissa Borrell
Expanding Landscape Installation Office Art Melissa Borrell
Expanding Landscape Installation Office Art Melissa Borrell