10. Inner Workings
Title: Inner Workings (working title)
Date: None
Subject: Full height man with clock movement as his soul
Measurements: 11 ¼”W x 9”D x 25 ¾”H
Materials and Techniques: Wood boxes, clock parts, spring, shoe horns, found wood objects
Description: A stylized man made of wood and gears is composed as a vertical triptych that speaks to the complex workings of the soul unique to every man in spite of the relatively standard form which our bodies all assume. Three wooden boxes are stacked one on top of another, containing his head, torso and legs and feet. In the top box, a wooden disc with smaller attached wooden forms representing eyes, a nose and a mouth form his head. In the middle box, overlapping metal gears represent his innards. In the bottom box, tapering, ribbed wooden cylinders attach to wooden shoe lasts representing his legs and feet.
Date Cataloged: April 4, 2008
Required Repairs: One long spring is loose at one end and might have been attached in another manner.
Signed: None
Location: Farmhouse, 748 Tiplady Rd. Hebron, NY
Status: Seen