Ellis Barber

Jumping Spider

Copper, Brass

3.5" x 5" x 5.5"

Summer 2021

https://ellisbarbersculpture.carrd.co/

As a sculptor, I primarily work with wood and metal. I particularly enjoy combining the two elements in my sculptures, feeling their surfaces contrast and interact with each other. Wood is very given to more fluid forms and organic shapes, with the grain, cracks, and blemishes adding to their unrefined and natural appearance. Metal represents rigid, geometric structures. It can either be sanded, polished, and refined to a high sheen or beaten and formed into shapes with character. The malleability and range of function of wood and metal, however, allows me to switch these roles and work the materials to my need and vision.