Wire Mesh Sculptures by Bonnie Shanas
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The Process / Technique
Drawing from a sketch, photo or memory, 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, so each piece is unique.
Once the form is complete, the sculpture is painted, mounted and framed to hang, assuming the form of a relief.
“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.
The lightness and transparency of the mesh offer a sense of simplicity to the gestures and feel of lightness to the movement, while the hardness of the metal promises that the moment captured continues well beyond its fragment of time.”
Pictures taken during Mericourt France Art Residency, 2017
My Sculptures and I
Cover Pic by Bernard Quenu
“Intrigued by human nature and its expression in figurative work, I enjoy the creative process of breathing life into basic materials. My body of work in mesh is formed freehand using minimal tools and no molds. I find the technique to be both metaphorical and intentional - while the sum of folds, like our experiences, lead to our collective expression, each crease holds an individual memory, which cannot be erased or removed.”
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 numerous 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.
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