It’s been a few days since the last progress report on my Detritusphere sculpture, and as it’s inching closer to completion, I thought I’d share a few photos of it with you.
'Detritusphere' (work-in-progress), artist Wayne Chisnall
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the work is made up of small pieces of flat metal plates that I’ve mostly either found on the roadside or dug up from Victorian rubbish dumps that I discovered in the woods of Shropshire.
'Detritusphere' (work-in-progress), artist Wayne Chisnall
I’m constructing the sphere by first beating the plates into the correct curvature, then overlapping them and drilling small holes through the overlapped sections, through which I thread handmade metal staples. Once the two legs of each staple are threaded through the holes, I twist them tightly together to secure the plates in place. I was pleasantly surprised by how ridge the structure became through this method of construction.
'Detritusphere' (work-in-progress), artist Wayne Chisnall
The reason that I initially put this project on hold for some time was because I wanted to wait until I had a greater variety of metal components to use in Detritusphere’s construction. And thanks to Jim Rollason, a local scrap metal dealer, who very kindly allowed me to wonder around his scrap yard, collecting the choicest rusty pieces, I now have enough pieces to finish the work. So I’d like to say a big thank you to Jim for his donation of materials.
'Detritusphere' (work-in-progress), artist Wayne Chisnall