Spinning Wheel
Zsofia Jakab
Spinning Wheel
Zsofia Jakab
Reference
SAS0025_001
Year
2017
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 168.5
Length: 166
Length: 166
Materials
Wood, Wax, Steel, Thread
Current Location
Dundee
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Freestanding
Background, history, commissioner of the work
I made the sculpture for my Masters Show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (2017)
Thematic/contextual information
The idea of bringing together the spider and spinning wheel imagery comes from observations of transformations in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', while capturing ideas about the symbolism of spinning wheels in myths and folklore.
