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Kai Wolter
"Cephalic" Hammered Copper, Organic Shape, Naturalistic

2005

About the Item

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY "Cephalic" is a perfect example of what Kai means when he calls his work biomorphic. Biomorphic comes from combining the Greek words 'bios', meaning life, and 'morphe', meaning form. The term seems to have come into use around the 1930s to describe the imagery in the more abstract types of surrealist painting and sculpture particularly in the work of Joan Miró and Jean Arp. Kai achieves a compelling balance between abstract form and organic reference in "Lilly Pod". Kai Wolter; artist, object maker of Kaiwerx Studio, was born 1972 in Aspen, Colorado. He established Soulmetal Jewelry in Chicago in 1994. Attended the University of The Arts in Philadelphia in 1997, studied metalsmithing and sculpture earning a BFA in 2002 then attended The Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan where he earned his MFA Metalsmithing in 2006. By 2008 he established his Kaiwerx Studio. Exhibitions include shows in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Michigan, Japan, Finland, and Germany. Kai currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has graduated numerous well-known artists and has had extraordinary faculty. Cranbrook was designed by architect and faculty member, Eliel Saarinen who collaborated with Charles and Ray Eames on chair and furniture design. Numerous creative artists who are alumni of Cranbrook include: Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Jack Lenor Larsen, Donald Lipski, Duane Hanson, Nick Cave, Hani Rashid, George Nelson, Urban Jupena (Nationally recognized fiber artist), Artis Lane (the first African-American artist to have her sculpture, "Sojourner Truth," commissioned for the Emancipation Hall in the Capital Visitor Center in Washington DC), Cory Puhlman (televised Pastry Chef extraordinaire), Thom O’Connor (Lithographs), Paul Evans (Brutalist-inspired sculpted metal furnishings), Eugene Caples (small bronze images/abstract) and Morris Brose (Bronze Sculptures), Herb Babcock known for his blown glass and Larry Butcher an abstract mixed media artist. Kai Wolter has said this about his art: “As a maker my first interest is process. The drive to make objects is to experience the growth and transformation of material into form. Explorations in the morphology of organic form and a direct connection to the material through traditional metalsmithing processes are the vehicles for the generation of form. Not fully abstract these forms evoke biomorphic, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic references. Empirical analysis of the natural world and a reverence for the beauty of organic form and structure are the inspiration for this work. My intent is to create objects through process, intuition and a direct relationship with material that evoke the mystery and sensation of life. Sculpture, Fine art, craft, artist, metal artist, biomorphic abstraction, metalsmith, metalsmithing, metalwork, jewelry, bracelets, anvil, metal, metal art, copper, steel, bronze, Sterling silver, hammered, hammer, hammering, forged, forging, fold-forming, raising, sinking, chasing, repousse, organic, anthropomorphic, biomorphic, metal sculpture, bronze jewelry, bronze bracelet, cuff bracelet, bronze cuff bracelet, bangle bracelet, copper jewelry, silver jewelry, handmade, handmade jewelry, jewelry, art jewelry, sculptural jewelry, Kaiwerx.”
  • Creator:
    Kai Wolter (1973)
  • Creation Year:
    2005
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 10 in (25.4 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Detroit, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU128616361902
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