I discovered Brooklyn-based artist, Rachel Mica Weiss on Uprise Art and was really pleased to see her creative sculptures. With a background in weaving, she takes rope and brings it together with more solid materials like wood and granite to play with tension and gravity.
Submit | Submerge (Three Anchors), Dimensions variable (2013) Cast vatican stone, styrofoam, hydrocal, pigment, leather, nylon rope, cotton and tencel threads, steel pipe
Pyramidal Planes, 79″ x 212″ x 69″, (2014) Polyester and rayon thread hand strung on site; maple
Portrait #1, 36″ x 36″ x 8″(2013) Cast vatican stone, cotton thread, maple, sand, granite and marble powders, pigment, shellac
Submit | Submerge (Silver Pins)
Jaime Derringer, Founder + Executive Editor of Design Milk, is a Jersey girl living in SoCal. She dreams about funky, artistic jewelry + having enough free time to enjoy some of her favorite things—running, reading, making music, and drawing.