Metal sculptures

Sculpture in metal mash – Between Weightlessness and Transformation Over the past four years, I have worked with chicken wire as my primary sculptural material. What began as an experiment has grown into its own language – a way to give form to that which is otherwise unseen. I am fascinated by how something so ordinary and industrial can transform into something poetic and almost spiritual. The transparency and structure of the wire carry a paradoxical quality: it is both present and absent, both body and air.

In my exhibitions, I have allowed these sculptures to float in the space, often suspended by fishing line to create the illusion that they are carrying themselves. Light becomes a collaborator. In some works, I have used lasers or projections that are captured by the surface of the wire, creating movements, rhythms, and holographic effects. In other pieces, I have allowed the sculptures to blend into natural environments, where the wind, sunlight, and shadows make them temporarily alive.

This is a technique that demands patience, curiosity, and playfulness. The process always carries an element of uncertainty – I rarely know exactly what will emerge. But it is precisely in that uncertainty that the magic arises. I have learned to work with the material's will rather than against it. To let it grow, twist, disintegrate, and then take shape again.

For me, chicken fence / metal mash sculptures are not just about form – they are about transformation. About how something simple can be turned into something sacred. They are about creating spaces where the viewer can pause, feel, wonder, and perhaps – just perhaps – believe in something beyond the logical.

Bryophyta solo exhibition Hildesheim 2021

"restricted diaries" solo exhibition, Rostock studio 36 Germany