Sondra Schwetman     Sculptor

 Southern Vortices

Powers swirl in to one’s life, almost as though one has no control.

Vortices – a spiral motion of fluid, especially a whirling mass of air or water; whirlpool or whirlwind. Something regarded as drawing into the center all that surrounds it.

In the late summer vortices one feels a torpor as though waiting for rain – deprived of the power of motion or feeling; dormant, hibernating, lethargic, apathetic.

The feeling of summer, an open sky, a measurement of wind, coming to a close, to the last torpid few weeks before the fall.

The piece is constructed of silk organza, mild steel and bronze. I enjoyed bringing together this string of disparate materials and making them work as part of Myth and Metaphor starting a dialogue about this moment in time.

                                                 - Sondra Schwetman



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