A Maritime Marionette, a Mariner, and an Albatross

wood, steel parts, rope, pulleys

100 x 80 x 10 inches

The early source for the metaphors in this work was Samuel T. Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It also talks hopefully about aspiration, but it is aware that neither the art nor the artist is entirely in control. You can pull the ropes and make the sculpture fly or dance.