Like Hepworth's other bronzes, the plaster was made around an expanded
aluminium armature; the sphere is visible in progress in a photograph of the artist at work (Warren Forma, 5 British Sculptors (Work and Talk), New York, 1964, p. 17).
As if floating on the gallery walls, Tom Henderson's works are composed of coloured Plexiglas panels, partially covered with oil paint, each supported by
an aluminium armature which projects through the surface.
So too,
aluminium armatures and elliptical brick towers, charged with dynamic tension, appear different from every angle, as if negating their own presence; her commission for the East window of St Martin in the Fields, London, presents a cross, warped and spanning from a circular motif, as if reflected in water.
So too,
aluminium armatures and elliptical brick towers, charged with dynamic tension, appear different from every angle, as if negating their own presence; her commission for the East Window of St Martins in the Fields, London, presents a cross, warped and spanning from a circular motif, as if reflected in water.
Not exact matches
The most abrupt transition is to the roiling and (literally) off - the - wall painted
aluminium composites, held up only by metal
armature that is, itself, sculpture.
The sculpture was made for casting following Hepworth's established method of constructing an
armature in expanded
aluminium.
Adjustable, arched «Coupe» floor lamp with
aluminium reflector, chrome
armature, and lacquered metal base Design by Joe Colombo and produced by O - Luce, circa 1970 A sophisticated desi...