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Susan Pascal Beran

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Copper runs in veins and arteries throughout the earth's crust.  along with gold and silver, these precious metals are the earth's blood, shivering within the earth's electric field and flowing over thousands of years from her heart.  They are compatible with the elements because they come from the elemental core.  Copper, brass, bronze, silver and gold, have an almost human feel to the touch, easily warming to the body temperature, and yielding to the direction of our muscles.  properly prepared, they flex and have resilience.  Combined with stainless, there is resilience, but also strength.  For those qualities, I have chosen to work with these metals, and most of my sculptures have incorporated them.

WIND TOWER I (below)

This monolithic structure is stratified with geological textures and color echoing the mountains and hills.  A single bronze kinetic element scoops through an exact opening, magically appearing to pass through stone, looking like a heart beating within the stone, or the wings of an eagle atop a cliff.

SPIRIT ROCK (above)

Spirit rock has a cast concrete base form with three scooped out areas (one with a window of light all the way through) wherein multi-axial titanium kinetic forms blushing bronze, red, purple and blue, float, spin and twirl like delicate sea creatures.

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I also love to work with Stone (granite, marble, slate, etc.) and to create the appearance of Stone, (cast concrete) which the ancient Greeks believed were the bones of the earth (Wind Tower, Sky Scraper and Spirit Rock).  Glass, a silicate with an almost identical melting temperature to copper, (allowing for the fusing process of copper enameling) captures, reflects, and refracts light, creating a magical inner kineticism which complements the outer kinetics of the sculptures beautifully. (Diaphanous Yo Tien, Solor System IV, Starburst).  

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SKYSCRAPER I

The dark textures of slate in geometric form handsomely frame the single bronze kinetic element.

SPACESHIP 'X'

A carnival of kinetics, it seems never to be still. Spaceship has volumes of motion within motion sensitive to the slightest breeze, and twirls in different directions at different speeds.  here, the permanent brilliance of stainless picks up the sparkle of each turn.

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Other materials have special qualities as well.  Stainless has a cool purity and strength which complements many of the designs' needs and styles (Music of he spheres, Spaceship SS, Tree of Life, Solar System VG).  and the magically alchemical metal Titanium is not only super resilient and strong, but also surreally light-weight (Spirit Rock, Cloud Dance, and other mobiles) with a velvety cool greyness that can blush bronze to blue, purple, and even red with electrolytic treatment.  For the indoor works, wood, ceramics and more plasticene materials are possible.