Quintessence of Hedgehog

George W. Hart

 


This is a hold-in-your-hand size (4 inch diameter) sculpture assembled from twenty-four acrylic plastic (plexiglas) pieces. Each part is a kind of wind-mill like form, carefully calculated so that the arms pass by each other yet only meet exactly at the exterior. It is very tactile to hold and rotate in your hand. It is not really like a hedgehog, but I do not know how else to describe the way it bursts with energy in all directions. The two shapes of the pieces are shown below:
It is hard to capture in a photograph how dense it is and how the parts just pass by each other at various angles. The computer-generated image below conveys the complexity of its structure. Of course this computer image does not capture the way light goes through the transparent parts and reflects off the surfaces. So one really must hold it in hand and turn it about to fully appreciate it .

 
This is one of a series of acrylic sculptures which I am making in a limited edition of only six copies. Each is in a different color, so each is unique. Below are the first three of the six.



For other acrylic sculptures in this series, view my acrylic sculpture limited editions page.


Copyright 2003, George W. Hart