stevenascroggins
"A Time For War & A Time For Peace" 8 1/2 x 36 x 1 1/2 in. Relief Sculpture. Donation for JACC (Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center) Annual Fundraiser.
Artist Statement
“A Time For War and A Time For Peace”
Steven A. Scroggins
In the process of creating my Relief Sculpture I decided to also make the piece Functional Art. The clock is operational, which besides allowing
the viewer the opportunity to check the current time it also is meant
to emphasize that, as Soldiers in War, Time Marches On!
The material incorporated in the project builds on this theme as they are recycled and reclaimed from Farragut Naval Training Station
which was built 1942 in response to the Japanese Imperial Navy’s
attack on Pearl Harbor. Farragut was decommissioned in 1945
and the area transitioned once again into a place of peace.
There will always be wars and rumors of wars.
This threat is portrayed by the ominous protruding nails.
Time takes its' toll on us all as indicated by the affect of rust
on the spikes and nails which are suspended in the blood of our soldiers.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NASB
There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every event under heaven--
A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.
"A Time For War & A Time For Peace" 8 1/2 x 36 x 1 1/2 in. Relief Sculpture. Donation for JACC (Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center) Annual Fundraiser.
Artist Statement
“A Time For War and A Time For Peace”
Steven A. Scroggins
In the process of creating my Relief Sculpture I decided to also make the piece Functional Art. The clock is operational, which besides allowing
the viewer the opportunity to check the current time it also is meant
to emphasize that, as Soldiers in War, Time Marches On!
The material incorporated in the project builds on this theme as they are recycled and reclaimed from Farragut Naval Training Station
which was built 1942 in response to the Japanese Imperial Navy’s
attack on Pearl Harbor. Farragut was decommissioned in 1945
and the area transitioned once again into a place of peace.
There will always be wars and rumors of wars.
This threat is portrayed by the ominous protruding nails.
Time takes its' toll on us all as indicated by the affect of rust
on the spikes and nails which are suspended in the blood of our soldiers.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NASB
There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every event under heaven--
A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.