tsondu

the sculptural work of nests

My sculptural work aspires to create an intimate space (either large or small) in which one contemplates, quietly, her relationship to the larger world.  I refer to these spaces as nests, relating both to avian architecture as well as to the idea of spatial relationship (one thing nesting within another),  an exploration of the world in terms of microcosm/macrocosm.

"The two kinds of space, intimate space and exterior space, keep encouraging each other, as it were, in their growth." 

"...when we examine a nest, we place ourselves at the origin of confidence in the world, we receive a beginning of confidence, an urge toward cosmic confidence. Would a bird build its nest if it did not have its instinct for confidence in the world?" 

~Gaston  Bachelard, 
from The Poetics of Space: The Classic Look at How We Experience Intimate Places

All images copyright Kirstin Alana Baum.