Shining Apollo, Descending Apollo – Fisterra Studio Projects

2013-2015 Catalog

Shining Apollo, Descending Apollo

August 10, 2013November 14, 2016
by fisterra

Shining Apollo: paint and patina on steel, concrete, 92″ x 88″ x 88″, 2013

Descending Apollo: the drop from the dome, paint and patina on steel, 60″ x 60″ x 6″, 2013

Sculpture as a tribute to the sun. The shape was chosen by making many quick ink drawings to find dynamic shape that worked well in circular composition.

Click on this post to see the process of making Shining Apollo.

Yellow Descending Apollo sculpture and it's shadow — Descending Apollo

Three pieces of artwork hanging on gallery wall, I Am The Cosmos, Sacred Space Drawing and Descending Apollo — I Am The Cosmos, Sacred Space Drawing and Descending Apollo

Yellow metal sculpture entitled Descending Apollo

Large, metal sculpture with cement bases, entitled Shining Apollo — Shining Apollo

Black and white painting of Descending Apollo — Original ink drawing of shape

Looking up through Shining Apollo sculpture's negative space — Shining Apollo upview

Detail of Metal sculpture outside, entitled Shining Apollo — View from below

8am shadow of the Shining Apollo sculpture, during shadow studies — 8am

9am shadow of the Apollo Sculpture, during shadow studies — 9am

10am shadow of the Shining Apollo sculpture, during shadow studies — 10am

11am shadow of the Apollo Sculpture, during shadow studies — 11am

12pm shadow of the Shining Apollo sculpture, during shadow studies — 12pm

1pm shadow of the Shining Apollo sculpture, during shadow studies — 1pm

2pm shadow of Shining Apollo sculpture during studies of the shadow — 2pm

3pm shadow of Shining Apollo during shadow studies — 3pm

4pm shadow of Shining Apollo sculpture, during shadow studies — Shining Apollo: hours study 4p

5pm shadow of Shining Apollo sculpture, during shadow studies — 5pm

Shadows of Shining Apollo sculpture during shadow studies — 6pm

photo by Melissa Bartling

drawings Fisterra Studio ink Jennifer Chenoweth sculptures steel