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Fishing Float (1994-)

In this piece I have constructed a fishing float by following the direction in a fishing magazine.
I utilized peacock feathers for the part floating on the water and painted horizontal stripes on the half that remains above the water with glow-in- the dark paint.

The float represents the dividing line on the surface of the water.
The surface of the water is the division between the 'under' and 'above'.

In fishing, when a fish is hooked on line, the action sends a shiver up the line from under the water to the top, where the float reacts and signals the fisherman that an action has taken place below, where he is unable to physically perceive.

The float connects the two worlds, and that would be fish in the underwater world has now perceived the influence of the fisherman's above-water world, and vice versa.
This action and reaction is an ideal form of creation when replaced with a work of art.