Wall mounted sculpture from workman’s tool
Pliers, wood, paper, acrylic. August 2024. 335x335x30mm
A pair of workman’s pliers mounted on coloured paper with three painted hemispheres of wood attached.
To me the pliers have a pleasing anthropomorphic appearance, with their handles resembling legs (here dressed in brightly coloured trousers or stockings).
The three hemispheres disrupt the shape of the pliers, visually separating the jaws at the top of the tool from the base. This is reinforced by the fact that these particular pliers have brightly coloured plastic on the handles (the trousers) which are there to insulate the user of the pliers from any accidental contact with live electricity.
The use of handyman’s or workman’s tools such as hammers, pliers and spanners is a recurring theme in my work.