"It Came To Me - This Is An Engine Of Joy"
91.5 x 48 x 18.5 in
Largest, moving wire sculpture to date.
Front View
Back View
JP Sculpture at University of Waterloo
I believe that we were made for joy. And that out of that joy comes our desire to create. And to be creative means to participate in bringing things together.
We all in some way participate collectively in being creative...
(Read the entire talk given at the Grebel Reunion, June 4, 2022)
Grebel Alumni come through
"James Paterson builds ambiguous machine-like looking objects from steel wire and mixed media. (Read more...)
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This commission was made possible by generous donations from Grebel alumni.
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