Northfield Arts and Crafts: Ken Elliott


wooden sculpture Guilt of the Rose

2018

inspired by the compass exhibit at the Smith Museum as part of an exhibition call with the GOSSIP art group

representing the face of the compass rose and its association in history with the slave trade

constructed from plywood with a welded steel chain column support and teak baseplate

Summer 2018


compass-sculpture-outdoors

GOTR in a garden setting


the construction process
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welding the chain

each link is welded to the next

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the completed base

chain column and teak baseplate

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plywood pieces

cut and assembled

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mounted on the base column

and ready for varnish