The struggle between the ties of life and the
draw of love can be a powerful one, and this sculpture represents
that struggle of being enchained by the course of life, by fate, and
once settled in that life, being unable to realise the true love when
found outside of that life.
Rather than unrequited, this love is
confined, restrained by the complexities of situation, it is alive
with power and depth of emotions within, but ultimately...in the end,
the love remains imprisoned...
As with the “Search” sculpture, the
heart is made from a solid billet of steel, hand sculpted to the form
of a heart that appears strangled and choked. Again, the
surface has been hammered over its entire surface to provide the
finish. The chain is a find from a barn in Wales, the tie a hand
forged band allowed to rust, and the base a piece of drift wood from a
beach on the south of England.
