Artist Information:
John Searles
Harbert, MI
United States
Member Since: Jan 2001
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Artist Statement:
The wall sculptures of John Searles reflect his enduring interests in mathematics, visual pleasure, energy and freedom. Working with copper, brass, stainless steel or aluminum, sometimes melting one on the other, these wall sculptures are puzzle pieces. Searles cuts up one piece of patinated metal into many then reassembles them into a more visually stimulating, higher level of order, often large-scale. Some of his sculptures are weavings, but all have some component of an under-over dimensional quality. His purpose is to delight the brain and visual center in a non-cerebral manner. Think of his work as being Music for the Eyes.
Much of Searles’ recent work has been with copper, creating large wall sculptures with a variety of patinas. Copper is a miraculous material that can be readily shaped then colored with flame and/or chemicals to create a remarkably large palette, including varying shades of reds, browns, yellows, greens, blacks, blues and rainbow hues. In addition to the standard practices of welding, brazing and soldering, Searles has developed a proprietary technique of laminating the colored copper to wood. Geometric shapes are cut, one from inside the other then reassembled into an imaginative wall sculpture possessing depth ...
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John Searles's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to John Searles's Portfolio. Browse Searles's body of work: The wall sculptures of John Searles reflect his enduring interests in mathematics, visual pleasure, energy and freedom. Working with copper, brass, stainless steel or aluminum, sometimes melting one on the other, these wall sculptures are puzzle pieces. Searles cuts up one piece of patinated metal into many then reassembles them into a more visually stimulating, higher level of order, often large-scale. Some of his sculptures are weavings, but all have some component of an under-over dimensional quality. His purpose is to delight the brain and visual center in a non-cerebral manner. Think of his work as being ... | |
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Space Travel, 2008 Other Sculpture, 30 x 40 X 2.5 inches Price: US$ 1950 €: 1245 UK £: 965 ¥en: 193685
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Dancing Shapes 2008, 2007 Other Sculpture, 94 x 38 X 3 inches Price: US$ 4750 €: 3034 UK £: 2351 ¥en: 471798
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Thunderbird, 2007 Other Sculpture, 81 x 50 X 5 inches Price: US$ 5500 €: 3513 UK £: 2722 ¥en: 546293
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Rotating Triangles, 2007 Other Sculpture, 55 x 55 X 8 inches Price: US$ 5500 €: 3513 UK £: 2722 ¥en: 546293
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Space Travel, 2008 Other Sculpture, 36 x 24 X 3 inches Price: US$ 2500 €: 1596 UK £: 1237 ¥en: 248315
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Mixed Metals vertical design, 2007 Other Sculpture, 24 x 30 X 3 inches Price: US$ 1950 €: 1245 UK £: 965 ¥en: 193685
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