“Bela” totem
Project Details
- Completed: Early 2000
- Current Owner: Red
- Current Location: Mountain View, CA
- Materials: oak, stell, poplar dowel
- Finish: red mahogony stain
About
Details
Standing 16 feet tall, the sinewy form of Bela is carved from two 8-foot pieces of solid oak. Bela was completed over the course of approximately 6 months and was carved entirely by hand with a spoke shave. Because of the use of a spoke shave, Bela’s form is inherently more 3-dimensional than the other totems.
Bela’s twin spires share a rhythmic interchange throughout the entire totem, ultimately culminating with tangental conact of a shared sphere. The sphere levitates between the spires, finally bridging the gap so nearly closed several times before.
