Larry Dell : Metal/Fabric Sculpture

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, steel wire, toile

Monster (alt view)
2018
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile
48"h x 28"w x 34"d

Monster (alt. view)
2018
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile
48"h x 28"w x 34"d

Monster
2018
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile
48"h x 28"w x 34"d

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric and other fabrics

RBYB
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric and other fabrics
22" x 14" x 15"

non narrative object

RBYB alt view 3
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric and other fabrics
22" x 14" x 15"

Non narrative object

RBYB alt view
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric and other fabrics
22" x 14" x 15"

Non narrative object

RBYB alt view 2
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric and other fabrics
22" x 14" x 15"

Non narrative object

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Copper, steel shavings, steel wire, toile

Halloween
2018
Copper, steel shavings, steel wire, toile
72"h x 24"w x 30"d

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Toile, steel wire, spring steel

Monocle
2018
Toile, steel wire, spring steel
19"h x 17"w x 10"d

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, toile,

Embryonic
2017
Chicken wire, toile,
14x12x11

Non narrative object

Embryonic
2017
Chicken wire, toile
14x12x11

Non narrative object

Embryonic
2017
Chicken wire, toile
14x12x11

Non narrative object

Embryonic
2017
Chicken wire, toile
14x12x11

Non narrative object

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, steel wire, toile and other fabrics

"Come"
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile and other fabrics
26x20x21

Non narrative object

"Come"
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile and other fabrics
26x20x21

Come
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile and other fabrics
26x20x21

Non narrative object

Come
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile and other fabrics
26x20x21

Non narrative object

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, metal grating, toile fabric

Acrobat
2016
Chicken wire, metal grating, toile fabric
32"w x 30"h x 28"d

Funky, playful construction that uses toile fabric as a "paint" medium. Single sheets of toile are almost transparent. Layered toile becomes opaque.

Acrobat, alt. view
2016
Chicken wire, metal grating, toile fabric
32"w x 30"h x 28"d

Funky, playful construction that uses toile fabric as a "paint" medium. Single sheets of toile are almost transparent. Layered toile becomes opaque.

Acrobat, alt. view
2016
Chicken wire, metal grating, toile fabric
32"w x 30"h x 28"d

Funky, playful construction that uses toile fabric as a "paint" medium. Single sheets of toile are almost transparent. Layered toile becomes opaque.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, fabric, steel grating, glass

"Comin At Ya"
2016
Chicken wire, fabric, steel grating, glass
16"w x 14"h x 18"d

Hybrid Process/object sculpture. Part ritual object part animal insect image. Folded, compressed, pounded chicken wire.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture chicken wire, steel wire, fabric

"Marsupial"
2015
chicken wire, steel wire, fabric
34"h x 32"w x 30"d

Compressed, molded, pounded free standing tabletop form made of chicken wire sewn together with steel wire. References animals, religious imagery and ritual objects.

"Marsupial" alternative view
2015
chicken wire, steel wire, fabric
34"h x 32"w x 30"d

Compressed, molded, pounded free standing tabletop form made of chicken wire sewn together with steel wire. References animals and ritual objects.

"Comin At Ya" alt view
2016
Chicken wire, fabric, steel grating, glass
16"w x 14"h x 18"d

Hybrid Process/object sculpture. Part ritual object part animal insect image. Folded, compressed, pounded chicken wire.

"Call Ripley"
2014
Chicken wire, steel wire, fabric
30"h x 18"w x 16"d

Part of my crushed and manipulated chicken series. "Call Ripley" is a mash up of sexual, primal and birth imagery to create an anticipatory object that evokes strong reactions from viewers.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, fabric, steel mesh.

"Insect"
2014
Chicken wire, fabric, steel mesh.
3'h x 3.5w x 1'd

Part of my recent series that creates objects with references to animal/insect parts with an ominous look and feel. Underlying the work is the idea that certain objects have the power to trigger reactions and basic, possibly unconscious feelings.

"Incantation Teddy"
2013
Chicken wire, steel wire, fabric
20"w x 22"h x 12"d

Compressed and manipulated chicken wire with fabric.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture chicken wire, steel wire, plastic fabric

Incantation shaman
2013
chicken wire, steel wire, plastic fabric
18"w x 19"h x 13"d

Compressed and formed chicken wire part of my most work. This object like others in the Metal/Fabric series suggest or hint at actual things without exactly illustrating them. In this case the object suggests (at least to me) a animal head in the form of a mask.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Steel wire, fabric

It Can't Be
2014
Steel wire, fabric
50"w x 30"h x 19"d

Steel wire, chicken wire, fabric, various types of wire mesh that is bent, cut, ground, manipulated and reconfigured. This work as well as the related chicken wire and steel wire sculptures might be characterized as Gothic Anthropomorphic Ominous combining curvilinear forms and the weight of Gothic with clear references of animal and human forms. They are meant to be stand alone original objects without ironic subtext or meaning.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, steel wire, painted metal mesh, toile fabric.

"Closeup" (alt. view)
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, painted metal mesh, toile fabric.
20"h x 30"w x 19"d

Ritualistic object. Part of the series inspired by prehistoric and ancient artwork especially hybrid creatures.

"Closeup"
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, painted metal mesh, toile fabric.
20"h x 30"w x 19"d

Ritualistic object. Part of the series inspired by prehistoric and ancient artwork especially hybrid creatures.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric

"Tongues"
2017
Chicken wire, steel wire, toile fabric
20"h x 20"w x 32"d

Ritualistic object. Part of the series inspired by prehistoric and ancient artwork especially hybrid creatures.

"Santa Fe"
2016
Chicken Wire, Steel Wire, Fabric
32"h x 36"w x 16"d

Intricate, poetic, form achieved by molding chicken wire into shapes that reference flight, lightness, airy imagery and body parts. Angular fabric patterns inspired by Pueblo pottery decorations.

"Santa Fe" (alt. view)
2016
Chicken Wire, Steel Wire, Fabric
32"h x 36"w x 16"d

Intricate, poetic, form achieved by molding chicken wire into shapes that reference flight, lightness, airy imagery and body parts. Angular fabric patterns inspired by Pueblo pottery decorations.

"Santa Fe" (alt. view)
2016
Chicken Wire, Steel Wire, Fabric
32"h x 36"w x 16"d

Intricate, poetic, form achieved by molding chicken wire into shapes that reference flight, lightness, airy imagery and body parts. Angular fabric patterns inspired by Pueblo pottery decorations.

Larry Dell Metal/Fabric Sculpture Steel wire, chicken wire, fabric.

"First Offering"
2014
Steel wire, chicken wire, fabric.
36"h x 20"d x 15" d

The title refers to the first offering presented to God, Abel's offering of a lamb. As the story goes God was pleased with Abel's offering but he rejected Cain's offering of grain. Things took a turn for the worse after that.