contemporary artist tracy krumm creates sculptures from layers of crocheted wire netting bound to heavy rusty iron chains, rings and bands. like ruth asawa's work, many of tracy's pieces hang, thus retaining their delicacy, in spite of their heavy iron elements. to me, they suggest artifacts from fishing vessels or long-forgotten industries and i am a sucker for an artifact.
flexibility vs sturdiness, light vs heavy, translucent vs solid, hand-created vs machined--the work is yin and yang in metal. i like it.
these smaller pieces remind me of the delight of cactus blooms: delicate flowers sprouting from places you would not expect.
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