{"id":6127,"date":"2014-10-02T12:38:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T05:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2014-10-14T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T05:06:16","slug":"serpentine-gothic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maggiemaggio.com\/color\/2014\/10\/serpentine-gothic\/","title":{"rendered":"Serpentine Gothic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I mailed off four pieces for the upcoming “(in) Organic” show at the Racine Art Museum. Here’s one of the pieces along with a short story describing how it came to be.<\/p>\n

I was planning on making a loop on loop collar. I had it all sketched out at full scale. I made an 8′ long pinched snake and laid it out alongside the sketch. As I bent the snake into the tight curves that I needed for the loops I started to think that they reminded me of Gothic stone tracery.\u00a0So I took it in that direction instead.<\/p>\n

\"20130406_Ely_Cathedral_01\"<\/a>\"Serpentine<\/a><\/p>\n

I have to admit that I’m thrilled by this accidental discovery. It combines my fascination with serpentine forms and my architectural background in a way that I never could have come up with in my head or even my sketchbooks. \u00a0It wasn’t until I saw it coming together before me on the table that the ah-ha moment came.<\/p>\n

I played with a number of variations along the way. Little by little the colors shifted to almost neutral, the curves became more regular and the clasp less complicated.<\/p>\n

\"MaggioRAMGothic2\"<\/a>I didn’t like the first four drafts. The final piece ended up a golden stone color and close to symmetrical.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it amazing how the best ideas arrive from unexpected directions and bonk you on the head!\u00a0I can’t wait to start exploring the idea of stone tracery more when I get back to the studio in November.<\/p>\n

(in)Organic Gallery Guide<\/a>
\nWikipedia on Gothic Tracery
\n<\/a>Photo Credit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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