Antony Caro deliberately constructed some of his sculptures to flow off the plinth. I understood this more when placing my work in the gallery and hanging it on the wall and placing it on the shelf. It is a nice piece to handle, however doesn’t have an obvious way to sit.
I reconfigured by weaving in another element of rusted iron. I experimented with various positionings.
I preferred an off cente composition with the woven spring curving upwards, this seemed more dynamic the down.
Off center forms more of a question, with the spring centrally placed it seemed very calm and zen, the off center placement introduces a tension, gravity adds gravity to the form, I feel it makes a viewer wonder more about what the context may be.
For me this says more about the balance of nature and humans.
It does not now encourage handling like the simple woven spring – I do like an invitation to learn about an object by interacting with it
The piece now has 2possible obvious ways to place it. Standing on the Base – with an upward curve showing hope or downward showing decline. or possibly wall hanging.
The next stage in the iterative cycle could be to expand the range of found artefacts and consider final placement as part of the development.