sculpting
Australian Rain
Steel, copper and brass wire
Approx. W: 30cm x H: 50cm x D: 28cm
Made entirely out of wire, the figure dances with an umbrella on the Australian continent.
She is rain personified and her dance extinguishes the fire at her feet.
AUSTRALIAN RAIN
ag&j pöhl
crumpled country admitted
E.R.: Southern Seas
diagnosis: dehydration
prognosis: cremation
a transfusion for salvation
she floods the veins
of devastation
in cracked riverbeds
she tramples fear underfoot
her fame flashes far off
she echoes whispers of faith
she fills, she floods, she loves
she’s the dance nature desires
she’s the pendulum rhythm
that nature requires
to tiptoe, to drum
heaven
come down
down under
our skin and deliver and
fill up the tank to the top
she is
a gift, our gain
she is
Australian Rain
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![Australian_Rain_2[1].jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc5c1a_27561d06d7664872b414887a6836cec3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_324,h_508,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Australian_Rain_2%5B1%5D.jpg)
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![Australian_Rain_6[1].PNG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc5c1a_0aa860d9ece74501928be98130785cf2~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_24,w_424,h_632/fill/w_323,h_482,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Australian_Rain_6%5B1%5D_PNG.png)
While portrait painting has always fascinated me, I'm surprised at how fulfilling it is to do sculpting. It is the very physical, direct – and yes, even harsh – contact with the wire that makes me think of the paintbrush as a barrier between the artist and her medium. I simply love the hands-on approach that wire-sculpting offers: It’s like I’m painting 3-dimensionally with my hands as the brushes.