An abstract sculpture = a love story, but not the kind you think

For the Line Sculpture project I wanted to do an abstract sculpture that represented my nephew Aiden. I used old wood and scrap metal to construct the sculpture. I wrapped copper wire around the wood to represent how Aiden became a big part of our life and brought our family together. The drift wood branching out represents how new people came into our lives and became like family.

I planted clover around the bottom because we are Irish and Aiden’s name is Celtic for fire. Our Irish roots is very important to our family.  That is also why I used red wire because red represents fire. I attached a candle to represent his sprit that I feel is still with us. I also put a bird’s nest with blue wire shaped like an egg to represent the baby my sister is pregnant with and how they baby has given us hope and also help us deal with the passing of my nephew. I wanted to sculpture to represent the strength and love my nephew gave us.  Aiden taught me to be strong and unconditional love.

I feel like everything I wanted in this sculpture to represent was there. I love the way the wire and wood played off each other. I really liked the organic shaped that was made by the wire. The only let down was the clover withered from me digging it up and planting it but it was now grown back.

Lexie seems to be a fan....lol