The Effect of Her

This piece is quite personal, and was created from a long and powerful emotion that led to a small idea which just kept growing inside me.

The heart is partially split, but the split line is that of a silhouette of a girl – you can interpret the piece however you want, has the girl has broken the heart, is she responsible for its repair, or perhaps it’s only her that can hold the heart together….

….for me, it’s all of those things, because she is my heart, simply by lying beside me….

The piece is solid stainless steel with the central split being wire eroded. The shaping and finishing of the heart is entirely by hand, and the piece is mounted on oak to provide a warm yet contrasting background and is wall hung.

Size 130mm x 150mm

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This piece portrays the difficulties of finding true love, the endless, often fruitless search for the one that unlocks the heart. The keys depict the relationships that did not fulfil, the people that did not bring the love desired...and as the heart continues the search, and life goes by, the heart remains empty, un-fulfilled, lonely in a crowd...

The centre piece is made from a solid billet of steel, sculpted by hand to shape the heart, and hammered over its entire surface to give the warm, evocative surface finish. The key escutcheon is pewter, riveted in place over the key hole.The keys themselves come from many months of collecting, and waiting for the elements to age them.