Fibonacci
2010
Sculpture made by PVC.
Size: 115x51x25 cm/45,28x20,08x9,84 inches.
Shown at Baron Gallery, Gastown Vancovuer
I created this sculpture during a period in which I was pas- sionately involved with readings concerning Sacred Geome- try. I mainly took inspiration from Fibonacci’s spirals. Whi- le not actually following the specific mathematical concept proposed by Fibonacci, my purpose was to integrate some intersecting spirals with my sculpture. I utilized a professional 3D design program to create this project. Having attended the Venetian Design University, this projecting technique is derived from my formal university edu- cation. In fact, I use the same program that I have employed to design products for the production of my sculptures. This software allows me to have a 3D view of the sculpture and, at the same time, virtually cut out all the different surfaces of my sculpture and consider them on a 2D plane. In this way, I can perfectly understand shapes and sizes of any material that I choose to build my sculpture. Subsequently, I cut the PVC plates and assemble them together. The penultimate step involves coating the PVC surface with a polyester layer to mask imperfections resulting from the building process and to impart singularity to the structure, rather than a colla- ge of components. Finally, the sculpture is filled with polyu- rethane to make it structurally sound.
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