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Yard Sculpture
Can you tell it’s my day off from the number of posts I’m putting up? Gotta play catch-up sometime. Anyway the photo below is over one of my neighbors’ front yard. I really like these (this?) sculpture, and think that there is something about this aesthetic that will be coming into vogue in the future (though these pieces probably date to the early 90’s). I would be interested to hear other people’s thought’s about them. I appreciate the beautiful geometry in the context of ragged grass and the old house behind. I also like how the two pieces appear symmetrical at a glance, but are not at all on closer inspection. I think that people are coming to appreciate metal as a natural material again - it gives a sense of strength, permanence, and strict intention that other materials, like plastic, do not. By ’strict intention’ I mean that it feels as if thought went into its design. Plastics are so cheap to produce that it is hard to make them feel this same way. The downside to all this is that metals are mined, and mining is a huge polluter, so I don’t think they can stay popular for long among the growing green trends. Still, I think metal will have a resurgence as a stylish material for things otherwise constructed in plastic.
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September 28th, 2007
Posted by Paul in CoolHunting, Design Thinking, Photography |