Scroll to view the Yogi project, the exhibition images, followed by process.
Yogi project
Yogini #1
2013
Plaster
22x15x6 inches
Each sculpture is realized from a torso-imprint of a Yoga teacher.
Gallery view
Gallery view
The Yogi sculpture installation is an offering, an art antidote to violence, and an observation of breath.
Side view of Yogi Sculptures
A few of the yogi plaster casts are gently highlighted with ritual colors from India.Each
male and female sculpture, because of their nakedness, vulnerability, dignity and posturing, exposes energy and skin patterns that are visible on the sculpture surfaces.
Gallery view, Evening
Materials and presentation weave together ancient and modern, East and West.
Breath Evidence
A sophisticated grasp of Yoga relies on understanding the power and control of breath. The wide sternums and flexible ribcages, visible on the sculptures, reveal the physicality of breathing.
"Breath and Temple Bells"
2016
Sound engineer: Boston musician PJ Goodwin
You are invited to listen. Close your eyes and breathe-along.
Yogi Stupa Opening
2016
Atlantic Works Gallery
Boston
As an installation, the Yogi sculptures crisscross lifetimes, cultures, and generations
and transports gallery-goers towards a spiritual, perhaps meditative, experience.
Process images
Casting
I cast the frontal torsos of108 yoga teachers. I wanted to catch breath, to pierce time, by inviting breathe to leave a residue.
Atman Catching
How to Atman Catch (video)
Removing torso sculpture from pod
The casting process results in a pod. After the pod is completely dry, I fill it with several layers of plaster. The next day I lift the source sculpture from the pod by gently tapping around the edges of the pod.
Lifting torso sculpture out of pod
The next step is releasing the plaster source from the pod. It’s very much like printmaking, lifting paper off the plate to discover what you caught.
Revealing work
When the sculpture source is free from the pod, I begin to see the shapes and edges that I’ll exaggerate and enhance.