These complicated and beautiful, mostly over-sized geometric natural forms have become part of artist Floyd Elzinga’s sculptural signature.
The Niagara-area artist makes them in steel, weathering steel, stainless steel & bronze, from 4″ to 12′
Above, a collection of 21 pine cones (18 suspended) of various sizes and shapes at Brookfield Place, Toronto. Responding to the architecture of Santiago Calatrava’s parabolic arched roof as a post-modern forest made of “steel in the city” – this exhibit was a simple extension of that metaphor to have oversized pine cones floating in this space – Floyd Elzinga
Rotten stumps, broken branches, invasive species, ravaged trees as well as polar opposites and dysfunctional objects; these are the things that excite Floyd Elzinga. He has made a career out of highlighting and glorifying these through three dimensional sculpture, relief work and environmental installations for over 25 years. Read Unzip the Earth and see it more closely in the video as an example.
Elzinga received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in Halifax, NS. He was initially drawn to steel, due to its malleable, plastic and forgiving nature, and he continues to utilize its range of colours as well as the way light plays off the surface. He has been exploring traditional metal working techniques to create textures and depth the same way a painter would use a paintbrush.
Floyd Elzinga’s website, here.
His Pine Cones page, here.
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Truly gorgeous.