Ashley Davis intricately carves incredible miniature automata broaches and complex automata assemblages.
Built in collaboration with Surrey Hills Arts and the Mittal Foundation by Giles Miller This pavilion tapers gently toward the valley its organic cone like form opening like a lens to frame the panoramic view. Each cedar shingle carries a message: poems, dedications, and words from local residents and schoolchildren. What begins as a protective skin at the rear gradually disperses forward—lifting into light, wind, and sky. Part sculpture, part shelter, part archive—the pavilion becomes a vessel of collective memory.
It has been over a decade since I first featured the work of Ariele Alasko on this blog. As time passes her work matures to astounding and breath taking levels of skill and beauty. Here are some images of her latest mobiles.
"sewing wood seems like a counterintuitive idea. convention dictates that this material be glued, interlocked, and inlaid through a mechanical process to obtain perfectly matching surfaces. my new technique requires no geometric perfection. I can instead tightly connect differently shaped parts, with no clear point of contact, and create a harmonious and solid composition, moreover, merging wood with iron wire further punctuates that imperfect aesthetic – reminding me of ancient buildings, erected through artisanal techniques that will always express the joy of hand-making," Micchele De LucchiI
