Kevin Shaffer, Leadville, CO

Sculpture 1 : Recharge Totem

Media: Reclaimed steel and aluminum wire, repurposed snowcat and bicycle parts, solar panel, and usb port.

Dimensions: 12' x 3' x 1'

$8200

Someday the Sun will stop providing light and gravity that sustains life on Earth. While I accept my place in time and space this what I was thinking about while creating this sculpture.

“Concepts of time and space at their most complex are sometimes best expressed through art rather than science.” – Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot

In explanation of what you do in those last moments before everything ends: “You rage, rage against the dying of the light.” – Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pinchin

“Recharge Totem” features my ever-present vernacular of spherical welds, an engraving technique I have coined as “dragon trails,” and mostly reclaimed/ repurposed media. As you rage against the dying of the light; the dying of your hand held device you may plug into the usb port to recharge via the integral solar panel found above.