Sculptor: David Mach
Ninja May 9th, 2008
I admire sculptor London-based sculptor, David Mach and his enthusiasm:
When I have ideas I want to make them, and not just some of them, but all of them. As a result of that my sculpture covers a multitude of sins. I like to work in as many different materials as possible. It’s no understatement to say I am a materials junkie—jumping from highly-painted realistic cast fibreglass pieces to sculpture with coathangers, to a thatched barn roof laced with fibre-optics to designs for camera obscures (or at least the buildings to house them) and layouts for parks.
– David Mach
This piece was inspired by an image of Neil Armstrong when he landed on the moon.
Of his work, David says
The work is made up from hundreds of standard metal coathangers, welded to each other around a plastic positive later removed, and then silver nickel plated. What does it cost to send a man into space, to make him walk on the moon? I am fascinated by the effort of that, the science, the brainpower, the sheer physical power of the rockets. Billions of dollars spent over decades, invested in the best minds, and here I am, using the cheapest, throwaway nothing object, a coathanger, to portray that.
Portrait of his brother
Via Inventor spot
Related link
+ David Mach’s portfolio web site
