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Room for Dreaming
183mm x 172mm x 219mm
Hand-sculpted from Silver Ash, Walnut and Ebony.
The ceiling of this symbolic 'room' is hollowed out on the inside to follow the inner contours of a face, while the outside (upper) surface shows the features of that face. The expression is composed but much alive, seemingly in the throes of REM dream sleep. The 'room' is open and airy, bounded only by shadowy pillars. The floor is stark - a clear open rectangle in polished walnut - a dance floor without dancers. Sections of the ceiling/face are cut away so that a sense of openness pervades - pieces of the sky come inside and air flows in, through and out.
'Room for Dreaming' provides a visual representation of the dream state in which the events and ambience of the ‘real’ external world drift through into the alternative consciousness of the dream, engendering a state of open flow and connection between worlds, akin to a reverie.
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The form and features revealed in the 'Room for Dreaming' sculpture are intended to evoke the paradoxical sense of calm and adventure which we associate with a dreaming state in which we have the sensation of moving freely and observing vivid events wherein we visualise the promise of our own future. The encroachment of open space on the visage and the inner sanctum of the symbolic ‘room’ below it provides a flow of air into and through the inner space of the dreamer. Symbolically, this provides a sense of the connection between the inner experience, however remote, and the everyday reality of the space in which the sculpture is located.
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