Acrobats Dance Across Your Yard or Garden In This Fantastic Steel & Mosaic Fence

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The Acrobat Fence shown above is featured in JoAnne Locktov's most recent book on mosaics: Mosaic Art and Style: Designs for Living Environments.

The graceful figures cavorting along this fence suggest both the motion of their dance and the music that moves them. The obvious joy of these figures is engaging, but their simplicity is what really captivates us: we can easily see ourselves, someone we know, or the person we might like to be in this dance. My goal with this design was to capture the gesture of the figures such that the mind completes the movement, making a still image appear to be in motion. What also fascinates me about this design was the process of working with the negative space between the figures, to create another level of equally interesting pattern… the overall design strongly resembles musical notation.

The simplicity of these figures allows them to fit nearly any story or culture. Check out the wonderful garden fence I made for Howard Hast & JoAnne Olsen— telling the story of their life together through a series of narrative fence panels. Equally flexible, the materials are suitable for creating functional work such as fences, railings and furniture or more decorative projects such as relief murals. The construction of these panels is designed to withstand the harsh winters of northern Michigan, insuring that these fences will last for generations.

The prices above pertain to the design as shown. If you are interested in commissioning a unique piece to express your own story or ideas, please contact me.

 

Acrobat Fence
medium	Steel and vitreous glass tile
size	48" H x 120" L x 2" W (inquire for pricing on custom sizes)
availability	by commission (see commissions page for details)
options	The figures' heads can be done in vitreous glass tile or hand-textured copper
price	Call or email for pricing.