WIRE

SCULPTURE

Ramz Alsenussi
Ahmed Sameh
Zyad Ibrahim

AR-415 / DESIGN 5 STUDIO

FALL 2019 © Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), October 2019
History
Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians used wire
to make jewelry.
The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to
the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and
Iron Ages in Europe. In the 20th century, the
works of Alexander Calder and other modern
practitioners developed the medium of wire
sculpture as an art form.

Wire sculpture is a folk art with a history dating

back thousands of years. Wherever the
technology has existed to refine metal and draw
wire, artisans have found ways to adapt the
material creatively. Ancient Egyptians hand-
crafted wire jewelry whose beauty endures to
this day; many examples can be found in
museums.

But the first artist who brought wire sculpture art

to people’s attention was Alexander Calder (1898-
1976 ), Who made a series of wire sculptures in
the 1920s after he’d used wire to experiment
with jewelry making.

3 methods used for wire sculpture making.
First method of wire sculpting is using an object inside a form to support the shape, Second
method is starting with single line to shape the object without any supports, third method is similar
to the second method but with tools to provide sharp edges by bending or tying two lines of wire
to finish the piece.
Or using a support either horizontal or linear support scultping the shape
Stainless steel wire mesh Annealed wire mesh & Construction galvanized steel wire

Stainless steel tig welding alloys & Musical Wires Aluminum Wire
Galal Goma’a

Galal Goma’a is a local Egyptian wire

artist, he started sculpting from useless
wire & started to shape out animals and
figures out of his imagination and also by
learning the technique of the anatomy to
reach the accuracy of the body shape yet
sticking to the abstract idea, using wood,
aggregate and wires that are useless.
He used simplicity in his pieces as well as
trying to understand the relation of the
volume with the void. using the abstract
method yet having the right structure of
the anatomy by using only one continued
line wire & tying it.
Alexander Calder is an American wire sculpture who is best
known for his innovatie mobiles ( kinetic sculptures powered
by motors or air currents ) that embrace chance in their
aesthetic and his monumental public sculptures

Calder redefined sculpture by introducing the element of

movement, first through performances of his
mechanical Calder's Circus and later with motorized works,
and, finally, with hanging works called "mobiles." In addition
to his abstract mobiles, Calder also created static sculptures,
called "stabiles," as well as paintings, jewelry, theater sets,
and costumes.

Many artists made contour line drawings on paper, but

Calder was the first to use wire to create three-dimensional
line "drawings" of people, animals, and objects. These
"linear sculptures" introduced line into sculpture as an
element unto itself.

Calder shifted from figurative linear sculptures in wire to

abstract forms in motion by creating the first mobiles.
Composed of pivoting lengths of wire counterbalanced with
thin wire lines, the appearance of the entire piece was
randomly arranged and rearranged in space by chance
simply by the air moving the individual parts.
 Hanging Mobile pieces by alexander calder,
most of them are made with sheet metal,rod,
string,wire, wood and paint
 Standing Mobile pieces by alexander calder,
most of them are made with sheet metal,rod,
string,wire, wood and paint
Figures, Animals and objects
Seung Mo Park
Korian artist Seung Mo Park sculptured these
human series using Aluminium wires. The details
in the sculptures are wrapped tightly by layers
using tiny Aluminium wires.
Richard Stainthorp volumetric wire sculptures.
Edoardo Tresoldi

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Edward Tresoldi whose practice focuses on

spatial interventions, scenography and
sculpture. A large proportion of his works
are built using wire mesh, from figurative
shapes to architectural spaces
Edoardo Tresoldi is an artist whose practice focuses on
spatial-interventions, scenography & sculpture. A large
proportion of his works are built using wire mesh – from
figurative shapes to architectural space.

It triggers uninterrupted dialogues with space and history,

and projects the object’s substance into an unknown
temporal dimension: what has disappeared, or never
existed, lives again in a different time.

Concept: The language of transparency weaves the non-

existent, transforms the denial of matter into a three-
dimensional entity, and reveals the result of a void,
therefore the abstraction of reality and its timeless visual
identity.

The Metaphysical Ruin comes in as a new phase of the life

cycle of architecture. It reintroduces the shapes and the
languages of the original architecture.

his ethereal constructions immerse the visitor into a dream-

like environment. Part architecture, part artwork, part
hallucination. Embodying the convergence of sculpture,
scenography and architecture, they transcend the
corporeality of these firmly material crafts by incorporating a
fourth, elegiac dimension centered on absence.
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Used linearity to obtain freedom of movement
Double-glazed, Solar channel glass is
used to create this iconic building at
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The
custom 16” wide low iron glass
channels are tempered, sandblasted,
and utilize Okapane thermal insulation
to not only improve the thermal
performance of the building, but also
enhance the building’s aesthetics.
During the day, the glass fills the
interior of the building with natural
light, while at night the interior
lighting makes the insulated,
sandblasted glass building glow like a
lantern
Okalux

Double-glazed, Solar channel glass is used to

create this iconic building at the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art. The custom 16” wide low iron
glass channels are tempered, sandblasted, and
utilize Okapane thermal insulation to not only
improve the thermal performance of the
building, but also enhance the building’s
aesthetics. During the day, the glass fills the
interior of the building with natural light, while at
night the interior lighting makes the insulated,
sandblasted glass building glow like a lantern.
Translucent Glass

Translucent glass gives visual access to the

visitors for the park.
Fountain by Walter De Maria
Leganés Museum of Sculpture / MACA Estudio
Obtaining an optimal energy
performance of the building, to make it
sustainable not only by the use of
alternative energies such as solar panels
but also by its shape, (making it a
compact building), the orientation,
having the big openings to the north to
avoid an excess of heat In
summer,crossed ventilation, using the
inner patios to refresh the building in
summer and having high thermal inertia
in the outer walls by thick isolation.