Measure for measure

© Susan Dorothea White

Measure for measure 2001
assemblage: carved salvaged Huon pine, wax, fabric, string wound on dowel, antique plumb-bob, vintage steel railway callipers, U-bracket
180 x 61 x 56 cm; 15 kg (est.)

Artist's Statement:

The title of the sculpture is a play on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. The assemblage is inspired by the beautiful design of age-old measuring tools and the skills of the manual worker that are being replaced by modern technology. The carved hand and forearm dressed in a check shirtsleeve emerge from vintage industrial callipers and hold an antique plumb-bob. My husband modelled for the carving of the hand. Huon pine has very close growth rings that mimic fingerprints.

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