Photograph of Artist DAMON HYLDRETH
DAMON HYLDRETH
San Francisco, California - United States



Original Artworks (2)

Damon Hyldreth; SELKIE 12, 2005, Original Sculpture Steel, 84 x 84 inches. Artwork description: 241  Cor- Ten Weathering Steel ...
Damon Hyldreth
Original Steel Sculpture, 2005
84 x 84 inches (213.4 x 213.4 cm)
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Damon Hyldreth; KNOT 20, 2008, Original Sculpture Steel, 20 x 21 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oiled Steel ...
Damon Hyldreth
Original Steel Sculpture, 2008
20 x 21 inches (50.8 x 53.3 cm)
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Artist Statement

Embodying the tension between stasis and impending movement, my work reflects a refined balance of positive and negative space while simultaneously existing as reductionist, self-referential form.

In my artistic process of exploration, blending emotion with form, I allow the work to evolve, probing shapes, investigating their capacity to change. I seek to reveal the nature of the material, allowing it to take on a life of it’s own.

I'm continually looking for that special moment when a new sculpture comes to life. When I first arrive at something new, something that I sense as true, the sense of recognition I feel is like meeting a long lost friend, someone you knew long ago in a far away land, the memory of which is like smoke in a mirror.

I use stainless steel, weathering steel, and bronze for their natural surface and permanence and their maintenance free ability to withstand weather extremes. When using mild steel I either leave it black and oil it, or paint it red. These materials, though different, all carry my forms well..
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