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Ken Leap

Posted by KenLeap on 1/5/2005
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Refractive Relief Sculpture--bend light to 'paint' a picture, with the environment as a palette and cut glass as the brush. These sculptures are created with hundreds or thousands of pieces of stacked hand-cut float glass. Images in the glass are created by the refraction of background light.
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Confluence
Confluence
Yuma City Hall, Yuma, Arizona. Glass, steel, and Autumn Gold Quartzite, 8' x 10' x 10'.
436 x 432 px  (58 KB)
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Ondas del Seno
Ondas del Seno
Skeen Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Three of six sculptures in the series, depicting the sun over furrows in soil. Float glass and stainless steel, 18' x 3' x 4", each sculpture.
247 x 432 px  (28 KB)
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Laocoon Sans Se
Laocoon Sans Serpent
Float glass and mild steel, 22" x 26" x 2".
268 x 380 px  (23 KB)
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Ondas del Seno
Ondas del Seno
Skeen Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. One of six sculptures in the series, featuring the moon above sand dunes. Float glass and stainless steel, 18' x 3' x 4".
288 x 432 px  (23 KB)
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Ondas del Seno
Ondas del Seno
Skeen Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Two of six sculptures in the series, depicting a lightning bolt and rain above water ripples. Float glass and stainless steel, 18' x 3' x 4", each sculpture.
289 x 432 px  (29 KB)
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Mammatocumulus
Mammatocumulus
Float glass and mild steel, 15" diameter on pedestal.
307 x 396 px  (29 KB)
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In Light of Jus
In Light of Justice II
In the 4th floor atrium of the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Float glass, stainless steel, and granite, 9' x 6' x 9'.
383 x 504 px  (46 KB)
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Folded Clouds
Folded Clouds
Float glass and mild steel, 20" x 10" x 32".
426 x 432 px  (26 KB)
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In Light of Jus
In Light of Justice II
In the 4th floor atrium of the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Float glass, stainless steel, and granite, 9' x 6' x 9'.
513 x 504 px  (79 KB)
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(group shot of
(group shot of student work)
Outdoor display of work while artist was student at ENMU.
613 x 380 px  (40 KB)
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 Artist:   KenLeap  ( ) Contact Artist 
I create glass and metal sculptures using a technique that I have developed called "refractive relief sculpture." While my main goal in sculpture is artistic expression and aesthetics, I greet with excitement and a sense of responsibility the practical challenges facing many sculptors: politics, environment, and gravity. In this, my second career, I draw upon a formal education in art and a previous career in science, mathematics, and engineering.

http://www.kenleap.com


Comments
  • Linn Kalseth
    		 Wow!
    Linn Kalseth: I really love the way you manage to create landscape and deapth in your glass!
    Fantastic technique! How on earth do you calculate how to cut each glass piece to make it all appear like an image?
    However I'm very impressed! Hope to see one of your sculptures in real life one day.
    Keep up the good work!
    Linn
    6/19/2006 2:49 PM
  • Tracy Jerrell Akhtar
    		 Wow!
    Tracy Jerrell Akhtar: Amazing work, it just made me stop and stare. There's a lot of beautiful art on here that I admire and browse through... but yours stopped me in my tracks! I hope I get to see it in person someday.

    ~Tracy
    8/11/2006 8:30 PM
  • Natedizz
    		 wow!
    Natedizz: tou have a lot of dedication to be proud of. Our environment is amazing, thanks for adding to it as well as helping others see that beauty.

    Nathan
    3/26/2007 2:15 PM
  • Adam Sultan
    		 incredible
    Adam Sultan: inspiring, I'm completely blown away by these pieces. thanks for sharing.
    5/8/2008 6:58 PM
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