Martha Walker, Sculptor
"My imagery is often compared to microbiology, or aqueous forms. Other underlying themes are psycho-sexual, political, and issues regarding time and aging that grow out of my slow and meditative process.
The method that I use to create my sculpture is called “puddling," an obsessive process of dripping liquid steel one drop at a time in order to build up form. I do this with the use of an industrial size oxy-acetylene torch to bend rods into line and drip the steel. This allows for a unique combination of texture and line rarely seen in steel."
Martha Walker is a Brooklyn, New York sculptor who uses molten metal to create forms that seem to float through space. These pieces range in scale from 12 inches across to 10 feet high. Due to their fluid nature, the inorganic origins of Walker’s pieces are unrecognizable, and often, they are likened to aquatic or microbiological organisms. Walker believes that this painstaking, meditative process reveals subconscious imagery and gives her art a feeling of timelessness.
Ms. Walker’s work is at the Anne Frank Center, USA, the permanent collection of Zimmerli Museum of Art, the Pratt Institute Sculpture Park, the Kouros Sculpture Center, Morgan Stanley Corporation, and the Boca Beach Hotel and Resort. Additionally, Saks Fifth Avenue featured her work in their window at the flagship store, in New York, NY, and the television show Gossip Girl included her sculpture in one of their episodes.
The artist had a one-person exhibition "Vortex" at Kouros Gallery, New York, NY in 2010, and the Elaine Baker Gallery in Boca Raton, Florida, is also exhibiting her work.
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