FENCE KIDNAP / MATERIALS

Update: HERE'S THE FENCE: we won't ask how I obtained it but here it is. Very surprisingly, this is it's original condition. None of the bends or twists were made by me - this is how I found it, completely mangled. A lot of the barrier sections where I found this piece were also mangled, which may have been something to do with the bend in the road - great for me because it's even more distorting and abstract

Applying Material

After careful consideration of what I was going to do with the railing, I have began to apply material. I want these bulging, organic, swelling forms to encapsulate the areas which are already bent, appearing as if they are pulling it or some uncontrollable force has created this mass and these forms have stuck to the poles. Unlike in my last sculpture, where I had a chair for the expanding foam to form over, in this case I only had small metal poles to work with. Therefore, I needed a larger surface area for large amounts of foam to actually stick to, otherwise I would have a heap of foam on the floor that would be no use. I decided to go with chicken wire and mod rock as a lightweight, mouldable armature for the expanding foam. This was a painful process, and I got a lot of cuts, but it has worked very well. NOTE: the far LEFT form isn't finished, I plan to make it extend below itself as I know the piece will be elevated somehow (next task). As I need the foam to form in the direction of of the mod rock, after careful deliberation I have been kindly built a wooden hanger frame - this will enable me to suspend and move around the fence frame, using gravity to form each section. I have no doubt that the expanding foam will take hold and produce surprising elements that I had not expected. My thought process is that after I apply the foam, I aim to implement tarmac and resin again and perhaps acrylic spikes in areas, coloured in similar dark, shifting colours.