"Sarvanga" is a life-size female figure representing a Yoga shoulder stand posture. She is stylized into a low-poly representation of triangles and polygons. This is a technique that I call metal origami.
Once I finish the design, I figure out how to unfold it into a flat pattern and then have it cut out with CNC laser cutting robots.
Then I can fold it up and weld it together where the tabs come together. This is one of several yoga inspired sculptures I have done, but this is the only one that I have done in stainless steel.
The yoga postures seem to turn the human figure into something more architectural, and the low poly style enhances that too.
Yoga has become a meaningful practice in my life, for strength, flexibility, balance and overall health.
From artist Bruce Gueswel. Available for $19,000.
A Poem Titled: Inverted Elegance by Patricia Reis
A body lifts
from earth
to heaven
Straight Structured Spine
held with alloy arms
aims towards high
Body parts arrange
as
Mind dissolves into Soul
Elegant pose that
illicits new perceptions