Bony 

wood, acrylic, high gloss, magnet 

This sculpture was inspired by a fascination with the body and movement. I desired to play around with my idea of the spine and morph it into something that could spark curiosity as well as be interacted with. The concept of the spine is relatively simple appearing to many, though, the human body is complex and takes on emotional and physical turmoil unseen by the naked eye. To bring this concept forward with my piece, I would change wood through color, texture, and form. I used wood pieces, varying in length, with different curves and lines, to mimic the vertebrae. Once the wood was shaped to my liking, I used bright green paint and a high gloss that changed the appearance of the wood altogether. The shiny green is illuminated in light and contrasts the familiar anatomical colors that we have been conditioned to recognize as human. The shape of the wood and the color/shine on the surface work together to lead the viewer to recognizable territory but leave room for their own ideas to appear.  While the spine is vertical,  it still bends, can break, and is moveable. I used magnets attached to each end of every wood piece so viewers can come and connect, disconnect, and build their own spine structures. When The sculpture is connected together with magnets, it appears sturdy. Though when one comes to move the pieces how they desire, they will find that the magnets cannot always connect, there is a negative and positive end. This makes for a tricky and intriguing puzzle: a wrong move and the spine-like sculpture comes crashing down.