2008 Woodie Awards
New sculpture 'Bound' to campus outside art building
Jeff Mason
Issue date: 7/16/08 Section: A&E
The transformation to the fall semester is already starting with the first pieces from the Sculpture on Campus program popping up around the university.
One of the first to show up is called "Bound," created by senior sculpture major John Eachus of Belleville. Work on the sculpture began at the beginning of June and was just recently placed between the Art & Design Building and Evergreen Hall.
The sculpture depicts a man whose arms, which are made of chains, dig into the ground. The idea for the piece is something of a continuation of Eachus' previous work.
"I do a lot of labor caste type of art," Eachus said. "People that are struggling or working, things like that. The chains become this literal chaining, binding element."
The design for the sculpture changed a bit from its original premise, which was submitted and selected early this year by the Sculpture on Campus board.
"When I went to do the life-sized sculpture on campus it seemed like a natural progression to do the man chained into the ground," Eachus said. "Originally … his arms (would) become chains, but instead I used a pierced form and had the chains coming through, piercing the shoulder."
While it may seem simple enough, making the piece requires a solid understanding of sculpture.
"You can't just go in and make it out of cement because you won't have any structure to hold it up," Eachus said. "So I started off with rebar and made a skeleton out of it, and then from there I wrapped that in a standard mesh … and then I added in a mixture of cement, sand and steel wool."
Graduate student and Sculpture on Campus entrant Katherine Perryman of Edwardsville had to adjust from painting to sculpting for her piece "Put on a New Nature," which has yet to be installed. That's where taking the Research in Sculpture class came in handy.
"There's a real camaraderie in the class," Perryman said. "We all get along, but you also have to rely on each other in the class."
As the summer goes on, the final pieces of Sculpture on Campus will fall into place soon enough.
"There's some … on site construction and there's some of them that haven't been completed yet," Eachus said. "But they are going to be completed and be up by (July 31)."
In October, a sculpture walk will be held and one of the new sculptures will be declared the winner.
"(Judges and guests) go from sculpture to sculpture to sculpture and the artists present them," Art and Design secretary Lauren Jansen said.
According to Jansen, no official date for the Sculpture Walk has been announced.
One of the first to show up is called "Bound," created by senior sculpture major John Eachus of Belleville. Work on the sculpture began at the beginning of June and was just recently placed between the Art & Design Building and Evergreen Hall.
The sculpture depicts a man whose arms, which are made of chains, dig into the ground. The idea for the piece is something of a continuation of Eachus' previous work.
"I do a lot of labor caste type of art," Eachus said. "People that are struggling or working, things like that. The chains become this literal chaining, binding element."
The design for the sculpture changed a bit from its original premise, which was submitted and selected early this year by the Sculpture on Campus board.
"When I went to do the life-sized sculpture on campus it seemed like a natural progression to do the man chained into the ground," Eachus said. "Originally … his arms (would) become chains, but instead I used a pierced form and had the chains coming through, piercing the shoulder."
While it may seem simple enough, making the piece requires a solid understanding of sculpture.
"You can't just go in and make it out of cement because you won't have any structure to hold it up," Eachus said. "So I started off with rebar and made a skeleton out of it, and then from there I wrapped that in a standard mesh … and then I added in a mixture of cement, sand and steel wool."
Graduate student and Sculpture on Campus entrant Katherine Perryman of Edwardsville had to adjust from painting to sculpting for her piece "Put on a New Nature," which has yet to be installed. That's where taking the Research in Sculpture class came in handy.
"There's a real camaraderie in the class," Perryman said. "We all get along, but you also have to rely on each other in the class."
As the summer goes on, the final pieces of Sculpture on Campus will fall into place soon enough.
"There's some … on site construction and there's some of them that haven't been completed yet," Eachus said. "But they are going to be completed and be up by (July 31)."
In October, a sculpture walk will be held and one of the new sculptures will be declared the winner.
"(Judges and guests) go from sculpture to sculpture to sculpture and the artists present them," Art and Design secretary Lauren Jansen said.
According to Jansen, no official date for the Sculpture Walk has been announced.
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John Eachus
posted 9/28/08 @ 4:30 PM CST
I fully documented the work for this piece on my website. Visit the gallery on burnbrightly.com to how how "Bound" was made.
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