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Fiberglass |
Take-off |
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Nature |
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Media: Fiberglass
Color: Crushed water-based pastels and acrylic paint
Series: Nature, 1991-1996
Left Photo: Waterfalls &
Mountains, 1994,
33"x48"x8" (Diptych)
Waterfalls are the
sculpture's organic-shaped appendages that
extend from its rock-like center. The flowing
images are made by
twisting resin-coated fiberglass cloth to the
desired shape.
Mountains are
simulated, and anchor the waterfalls from the
center. The rocky landscapes are made
from a variety of molds.
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My Thinker,
1975, 42"x36"x40" |
History
Nannette first used
fiberglass in 1975, to create My Thinker
(left),
while experimenting with a variety of materials.
Though she liked the spontaneity of fiberglass, she did
not return to it until 1991, when she tried to simulate
the dynamited-mountain walls found along US highways
(right).
Nannette has always been fascinated with the
wonders of nature and for years pondered how to capture
the essence of the landscape, in a sculptural format.
Lightweight fiberglass was the media that served this
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Red Rockies,
1992,
5.5"x8.5" |
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Fred &
Ginger: Lets Dance
1996,
20"x40"x8" (Diptych)
Fred
Astaire:
long-legged image
on the left.
Ginger
Rogers:
on the righ,
graceful with her gown flowing as they dance.
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Nannette
used clay to create small rock-like images, and then made a rubber mold of each. These molds were filled with
a resin mixture and fiberglass cloth. Once the resin hardened and the forms were
removed from their molds, the fun began for Nannette.
She could cut, interchange, glue,
and duplicate the parts many times over.
Airy appendages, made without a mold, were attached to the rugged centers,
as in Fred & Ginger
(left).
Ultimately, overlapping mirrors were
incorporated into the rock-like images
(below),
which added a new dimension to
the series.
Nannette loved the material
and was pleased with the process and relatively rapid results; twenty-two
organic sculptures
were created.
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Rocky Mountain, 1992, 8"x10"x3"
Earthquake
1993,
8.5"x12"x6" |
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Low Tide: Bay of Fundy,
1993, 34"x13"x7.5" |
Overlapping
Mirrors
Mountains and
Flowers
1993, 18"x5"x3.5"
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Island Treasure, 1992, 13"x19"
Rocky Road, 1992, 6"x9"x3"
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Rocky Road, 1993, with
mirrors |
Mountains
and Rainbows, 1995
7.5"x11"x4" - display on wall or pedestal |
Hidden Cave
1993 - 8"x7.5"
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Small-mirrored sculptures with magnetic
backs |
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Take-off,
1996, 5"x2.5"x2"
repainted in 2004 |
Hawaii, 1995, 2"x2"x1"
Colorado, 1996, 3.5"x1.5"x1.5"
repainted in 2003
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Basketful of ...,
1996, 5"x2.5"x2"
repainted in 2003 |
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