Pear Story

steel, pear core, graphite, photo negative

5 x 14 x 7 inches

This was the first time I was able to use photography and sculpture in the same piece of art, though I'd wanted to do so for a long time. I felt uneasy about it, so it had to simmer for a long time: it sat in my studio exactly like it is for about a year before I finally accepted it as finished.