Cube, Sphere, Pyramid
David Nash describes the cube, sphere and pyramid as ‘universal forms’ that we naturally see in our environment. He has placed this bronze Cube, Sphere, Pyramid so that their black forms are reflected in the trunks of the surrounding tree ferns.
Universal forms in nature
Squares, triangles and circles are the underlying, universal shapes and forms of nature - Nash often observes them in the hills and slate tips of his surroundings in Wales. The sphere has a rounded, turning feel, the cube has stability and the pyramid is dynamic.
'For over thirty years, I have lived at the foot of one of Blaenau Ffestiniog's slate tips, formed from unusable slate from the workings... the structure of the tip is one of horizontal and diagonal lines,' Nash explains. 'My work involves geometric cuts into the natural form of the wood and I think that these geometrical forms have grown in me while I have lived among these slate tips.'
Cube, Sphere, Pyramid
David Nash describes the cube, sphere and pyramid as ‘universal forms’ that we naturally see in our environment. He has placed this bronze Cube, Sphere, Pyramid so that their black forms are reflected in the trunks of the surrounding tree ferns.
Universal forms in nature
Squares, triangles and circles are the underlying, universal shapes and forms of nature - Nash often observes them in the hills and slate tips of his surroundings in Wales. The sphere has a rounded, turning feel, the cube has stability and the pyramid is dynamic.
'For over thirty years, I have lived at the foot of one of Blaenau Ffestiniog's slate tips, formed from unusable slate from the workings... the structure of the tip is one of horizontal and diagonal lines,' Nash explains. 'My work involves geometric cuts into the natural form of the wood and I think that these geometrical forms have grown in me while I have lived among these slate tips.'