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Steve TobinBronze Nest (dark magenta patina with dozen eggs) by Steve Tobin2021
2021
About the Item
This delicate cast bronze twig NEST with a bright magenta patina (with some of the bronze left raw) holds a dozen brushed steel eggs for a lovely contrast. This sculpture makes a lovely table centerpiece!
"The bronze NESTS are another phase in my existential transformation series", says Tobin. "Seeing yourself reflecting in the mirror-polished steel egg puts the viewer in the egg in the nest. This implies the question of our own transformations. What is next for us?"
Some NESTS are composed of cast bronze twigs, looking as though designed by a very meticulous bird and splashed with Tobin's ever creative patinas. Tobin clarifies: "The richly colored patinas are not meant to mimic nests in nature but are asking the question: what kind of creature made this? what will emerge...?"
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- Creator:Steve Tobin (1957, American)
- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 3 in (7.62 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)Depth: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Glen Ellen, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7129284252
Steve Tobin
Steve Tobin is an American sculptor best known for his beyond monumental sculptures of Roots in steel or cast bronze. Trained in mathematics, Tobin has always pushed the physical boundaries of the sculptural materials he chose to work with: he made blown glass pieces too tall to stand (but they finally stood); he created 40’ tall glass waterfalls; he made his huge clay sculptures explode, revealing geode-like brightly colored glass inside. And again and again, he went back to nature for inspiration, to take molds of giant termite hills in Ghana, cast into bronze sculptures as high as 20’, or of the forest floors to make his Earth Bronzes. Tobin's monumental Steelroots, using large industrial steel pipes with painstakingly welded joints, explore the archetypal relationship between humans and nature. More recently, Tobin has created a series of highly reflective stainless steel clouds, bringing the sky down to earth, and a series of bird nests in many sizes, from miniature to monumental, in cast bronze twigs or welded steel, that hold precious eggs in stainless steel or bronze: the beginning of life.
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