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THE COLLECTION
Fay Wood has been creating art for over sixty
years and is best known for her found object
sculptures. "I felt compelled to rescue from the
refuse pile some of the elegant pieces of wood
and other objects I had come upon. I learned
to deeply appreciate work in three dimensions,
using my own imaginary space," she explained
about her process of creating assemblage and
sculptural work. "Imaginary space is where you
look 'into' the object, perhaps becoming part of
it as if in another spectrum. In a sense in my
'found art' I found myself."
She works on various projects at a time,
using different mediums and styles, which
is apparent when we ascend the stairs to the
second floor. Each room has been turned into
a studio – one each for sculpture, collage, and
painting. We first enter her sculpture studio
where magnificent creations come to life.
Hanging in a corner is a dragonfly sculpture
made from ceiling fan blades, a rod, and
various wires. It watches over her work area
which is filled with common and unusual
objects waiting to find a place in her art.
Arranged on one wall of the studio are pieces
from her Cutting Garden series of hanging
sculptures made from sheet metal and found
objects familiar to one's garden and workspace,
including power saw blades that are
transformed into poinsettias and other flora.
Fay Wood has found a visual way for crafting
these man-made objects into something
natural.
"Cutting Garden - Drift I".
Found sheet metal, found wood, wire, paint, silver
"Dragonfly".
Found Object Assemblage, wood, metal
40" length, 44" wingspan
THE COLLECTION
