Pedestals once functioned as a prop needed to keep an art sculpture from falling. Macrame's original function was to keep the threads from unraveling on a tapestry or weaving. Pedestals evolved from functional to enhancing the art and at times are the art itself. Macrame also evolved from functional to enhancing the art to being the art itself. I incorporated wire and macrame into a sculptured knotted pedestal able to stand on it's own and hold an object while keeping the structure thin delicate and wiry.
Wire low profile and bendable yet unable to stand and not strong enough to set anything on top of seemed like a unique challenge for me. Referencing the size and shape of a pedestal, yet not acting like a pedestal. Not having a top to place something on or being strong enough to support anything like a pedestal would be.
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