JOE SPEAR

The majority of Spear's work is in “origami bronze.”  Origami is the manipulation of flat planes into three-dimensional shapes.  While origami originated in paper, it translates well into metal.

He starts the majority of his sculptures as paper origami models, then enlarge them into folded-wax versions that can be cast in bronze.  These larger versions can be made by cutting creases into sheet metal and folding the planes by hand.

Artists throughout history have reflected and commented on society, drawing attention to different states of being through artistic expression.  Spear is happy to join this artistic lineage, using the beautiful geometry of origami to honor what is uplifting and resourceful in the human condition.

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