Queen Bey
Queen Bey
Corten Steel Sculpture
84”H x 37” W x 20”D
Available At Zenith Gallery
Queen Bey was inspired by the dance and rhythms of Beyoncé Knowles and especially the piece “Single Ladies”. But it also is an homage to all powerful women at the top of the fields — for a friend the figure evoked Simone Biles.
The work is constructed of slatted steel. The Corten steel will form a natural orange/brown patina and then stop rusting protecting the steel from further rust for a lifetime.
Queen Bey’s creation was an intensive 3 months of effort. It started with the sculpting a 24” tall wax model to capture the body movements. The model was then scanned to create a 3D “mesh” file. Further exploration was done digitally to tryout ways of slicing the figure and different geometric arrays to capture the power and motion of her dance. Machine files were then created to guide a computerized laser cutting machine . The pieces were then assembled and finished. The whole process took an elapsed 4 months with more than 90 full-time days of effort. You can see videos of the process on here.
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