98236.2 : school

$1,350.00

This kinetic sculpture, anchored by a massive, raw-grained block of windfall fir, serves as a physical memory of the deep water migration funneling past Clinton, WA. The rough base, showing the unpolished end-grain and deep natural fissures, evokes the rocky Whidbey Island shoreline where the annual return of the salmon begins.

Above the base, a towering vertical column of hand-carved wooden fish stacks towards the sky. They are sharp, raw, and unpolished, mimicking the primal force of the wild salmon swarm as they gather in Admiralty Inlet. Bound together by tense brass springs, they do not hang; they vibrate. When touched, they transform into a kinetic blur, perfectly capturing the frantic, muscular kick of a dense school of salmon holding their ground in the turbulent deep water off the Whidbey shore. They fight an invisible current that only the tension in the springs can articulate.

Tied together by the raw wood and kinetic brass, this sculpture is a captured heartbeat of the deep water struggle—a captured echo of the wild migration vibrating against a simple white background.

granite, fir & brass
6 × 6 × 18h

This kinetic sculpture, anchored by a massive, raw-grained block of windfall fir, serves as a physical memory of the deep water migration funneling past Clinton, WA. The rough base, showing the unpolished end-grain and deep natural fissures, evokes the rocky Whidbey Island shoreline where the annual return of the salmon begins.

Above the base, a towering vertical column of hand-carved wooden fish stacks towards the sky. They are sharp, raw, and unpolished, mimicking the primal force of the wild salmon swarm as they gather in Admiralty Inlet. Bound together by tense brass springs, they do not hang; they vibrate. When touched, they transform into a kinetic blur, perfectly capturing the frantic, muscular kick of a dense school of salmon holding their ground in the turbulent deep water off the Whidbey shore. They fight an invisible current that only the tension in the springs can articulate.

Tied together by the raw wood and kinetic brass, this sculpture is a captured heartbeat of the deep water struggle—a captured echo of the wild migration vibrating against a simple white background.

granite, fir & brass
6 × 6 × 18h