Detail View: CVPA Student Collection: 2015
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resource_ID:
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2015nheyl_001, 2015nheyl_002, 2015nheyl_003
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artist_name:
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Heyl, Nick
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artist_variant_name:
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Nick Heyl
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artist_nationality:
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Russian
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artist_vital_dates:
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1988
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UMassD_CVPA_degree:
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MFA - Artisanry
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graduation_year:
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2015
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area_of_study:
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Metals - Jewelry
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additional_acad_degrees:
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East Carolina University
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medium:
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silver, steel, glass, magnets
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work_title:
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Artifice: Handholding Device
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technique:
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hot and hold fabrication
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work_date:
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2015
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dimensions:
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4 x 14 x 4
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description:
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The contrary thoughts or emotions I have regarding intimate interaction and relationships are evident in my piece Artifice: Handholding Device, a double-ended handholding object capable of both contracting and expanding. Suspended in the middle of this device is a glass sphere filled with steel dust particles, which is held in place by four magnetic components set in four silver tubes. Initially this piece would appear to be holding or perhaps even protecting the small, fragile sphere, however, as soon as the two sides of the piece begin to compress towards each other, the components holding the sphere begin to move away from it, the more the users compress their hands, the closer the sphere comes to falling and inevitably, shattering.
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