Review : Omega Shell

Review : Omega Shell

New York artist Paul Apart creates sound sculptures as well as jewelry that’s worth taking a look at.  His body of work shows off his talents with many materials including metal work, electronics, woodworking, clay, and clear plastics.  The forms the sculptures take are borrowed from nature.  Sea shells, insects and other natural forms are inspirations for the shapes.  The materials reflect this natural theme with rusty, earthy, and worn materials often being used. 

Many of Paul’s sculptures including Omega Shell 3.5 and Nauti Shell overtly take the form of the golden ratio.  Mathematics plays a great part in both nature and art.  Music relies on relations of numbers and tempos.  Pi and the golden ratio are crucial to mathematics and appear throughout nature and art.  The golden ratio is in both nautilus shells and the way ferns grow and unfold.  It’s also found in successfully composed art such as Seurat’s Parade de cirque.  The design functions strongly in many of Paul’s works, unwinding with a calming rhythm. 

Box Shell, features an electronic speaker at its center with a clean unwound sheet of metal emanating outwards.  The speaker reverberates sound through the piece.  The explorative audio sculptures smoothly blend sound and form into one object. 

His jewelry and chainmail designs are clean and elegant, and the craftsmanship exquisite.  For those looking for a smaller accessory or gift for a friend, this is a great route.  Look for more of his work on SharksEatMeat.