Band stripes aren’t just for bowling pins!
More and more parts
The Hydroquatic Agricosmos
So as I said earlier, Otto creates loads and loads of pieces and parts. He cuts and carves these forms and shapes out of recycled wood that he has found around town. He will laminate plywood into chunks so he has the proper mass and then cut, grind, and sand away until he has boxes and boxes of these pieces.
These forms are reminiscent of flora and are organic in nature. They will be conjoined together along with many other forms in his “vocabulary” to create larger structures and environments — think coral reefs and jungle foliage.
Contrasting the organic forms are the stripes. They have the graphic punch of sports objects: bowling pins, bocci balls, sweat socks.. and even the old wooden floors of gymnasiums. I particularly think of that with the vertical striping of the laminated wood. Random stamped patterns insure that the geometry never gets too straight.
