Please join me in welcoming Rickie Wolfe to the Front Room Gallery at Juan Alonso Studio, October 5-27.
Open to the public on: 1st Thursday, October 5, 5-8pm 2nd Saturday, October 14, noon-5pm & by appointment: 206-390-4882 306 S Washington St, Studio 104 Seattle, WA 98104
"Hives" The wall mounted sculptures reference calligraphy, hives, and chrysalis forms. After renovating an older home I was inspired and intrigued by the dry wasp hives we found in the attic. The wasps abandon the hive each year and re build the next year or season. I had never seen such a structure. Years later I found another paper wasp hive in the trunk of my car. It was tiny and I realized where I wanted to go with my sculpture.
I weld the forged circles and curvilinear pieces of metal from my palette of forms; I look for compositional interest, line width, and a certain emotional response from the raw metal. I know the metal skeleton is fully realized when I can recognize a balance between buoyancy and weight. I am drawn to the tension between the raw metal and the delicate paper; fragile yet strong, just like the paper hives. ~ Rickie Wolfe
