Metal Fiber Sculptor Atticus Adams

Manipulated by the hands of metal fiber sculptor Atticus Adams, flat sheets of metal mesh become serenely contoured apparitions of form.  His dramatic metal sculptures sometimes float cloud-like from the ceiling, sometimes undulate upwards in an organic canopy that casts shadowy textures on the surrounding walls.  Shaped completely by hand with a few simple tools like a safety pin and scissors, Adams fringes, pleats, stretches, folds and stitches the screen into a variety of shapes.  He uses aluminum, coated aluminum with a black surface, copper, stainless steel, and bronze mesh.  Sometimes metallic glass beads, beach glass, or broken auto glass are strung on fringed ends, or captured in tiny microbial cages.

Living in Pittsburgh since 2006, Adams specializes in large museum, gallery and interior design installations usually created by assembling many small components harmonized into an asymmetrical and fluid whole.  His work has been seen in group and solo exhibits on a national level, including installations at Pittsburgh’s Mattress Factory Art Museum and Carnegie Museum of Art among many others.

Adams’ raw material – a flat grid of intersecting lines that Adams shapes into fascinating forms – is also representative of his artistic self-reinvention from a conservative small-town upbringing.  During a long period of transition, he was guided by art, literature, philosophy, friendly influences, and a found object – a broken leg from an antique chair.

Collaboration with Composer R. Weis

Fine art & avant-garde music from everyday stuff. This is an exploration of my “Cloud Portal” set to “Spinning Steel” from Weis’ CD “Excitable Audible.” More info at www.rweis.com.