Eye of the Heart

Title: 'Eye of the heart'
Bronze
16cm x 6cm
Limited edition: /11

Eye of the heart sees what we cannot see. It speaks to the place inside us where we connect to an all-knowing power. 

The delicate ribbon of smoke curls upward. It dances as it travels, slowly widening into ever-thinner plumes. The flame just snuffed out is otherworldly. As I watch the smoke evaporates into nothingness. But the candle remains. It is dressed in succulent drips of wax - some halfway down, most pooled in the shallow dish. The air is thick with spirits summoned, but also with the memory of all the candle-lighters before me. I close my eyes and feel each of my companions. Their presence is as subtle as the quiet breath entering my body. Together, we sit. Together, we live. 

I created this sculpture by first sculpting the bowl to act as the candle-holder. I then lit a candle in this bowl every day for a month. The resulting wax residue represents the sacrifice of several candles. They are the memory of the flame that accompanied my days in the studio.

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Across millennia and cultures, the four natural elements appear and re-appear in our most sacred prayers and rituals. They go beyond the form of the ceremonial rites designed by each culture to reach something deep within us. They are access points to the infinite. Creating a bridge between us and the world that embraces us, these elements evoke the general in the specific. Bronze, itself a child of all four elements, is the perfect medium for this series which begs to be touched and held as the viewer contemplates the divine through the tangible.

Available to order: 6 weeks to delivery.