Wire Mesh Sculptures by Bonnie Shanas
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Contact bonnies.sculptures@gmail.com or 856.745.5168.
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The Creative Process
While most forms of sculpture are additive or reductive, I enjoy the challenge of breathing life into a sheet of steel wire mesh, where no material can be added or removed, and no crease erased.
I form the figure by hand, using minimal tools such as a wooden knife and pliers. There are no molds or casts in the creative process, making each piece is unique. Once the sculpting phase is complete, the sculpture is painted and mounted on a backing to hang.
Feel free to contact me at bonnies.sculptures@gmail.com
call me at 856.745.5168
BIO
Bonnie Shanas is a visual artist, living and working out of her home studio in New Jersey. Her sculptures are a figurative study of human expressions, stripped from any social context or background. They are intended to voice the universal language of unspoken gestures, which can embody vulnerable and powerful emotions alike. Bonnie works primarily in steel wire mesh, which she studied under the mentorship of noted artist, Shulamit Hartel, during her years living in Israel.
Bonnie’s work has been in national juried shows and invitational exhibits, and has won numerous awards and honorable mentions. Since 2012 she has participated in invitational art residencies in Poland and France, where her work can be found in public collections, as well as private collections in the US and abroad.
Pictures taken during Mericourt France Art Residency
