Baran-Mickle
WILLIAM BARAN-MICKLE
Bainbridge Island, Washington United States
“I am a metal sculptor whose current work takes the form of high bas-relief, though still occasionally create intimately scaled sculpture. In these reliefs I join a botanical with a domestic human-based scene. Each botanical cultural identity, be it mythical, medicinal, or coming from their social usage. Each domestic scene relates to the a puzzle that takes its full meaning when the viewer’s own experiences are added. I am a trained metalsmith/silversmith with 30 years of experience. I fabricate these deep reliefs of hammer-formed metal tolerances of jewelry, where I began as an artist. The full-scale sculptures are raised and fabricated as traditional silversmithing but with expressive rather than functional/decorative ends.”
Dreaming of Futures Various mixed metals, formed and fabricated 19 x 23 x 2 in. or 48 x 58 x 5 cm
Endless Column: Coffee Raised, formed and fabricated brass 52 x 12 x 12 in. or 132 x 30 x 30 cm
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WILLIAM BARAN-MICKLE
Florence Biennale, 2012 collections in the USA. Baran-Mickle is New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (NYFA) and a National Endowment for the Arts: Mid-Atlantic Fellowship (Regional NEA.) Most recently, he was awarded 3rd Place for Sculpture by the Confederation of European Art Critics Chianciano Biennale, Italy, 2012. 76
Dreaming of An Exit Various mixed metals, formed and fabricated 19 x 23 x 2 in. or 48 x 58 x 5 cm
Website: www.baranmickle.com Email: info@baranmickle.com
Impossible To Do List Various metals formed and fabricated 14 x 10 x 8 in. or 36 x 25 x 20 cm
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