Hommage to Gottfried Honegger – Sculptures

In this project, I wanted to develop a feeling for the forms and possibilities: What effect does a single pyramid have, how two pyramids form a unity of themself, how pairs of pyramids connect to each other and what forms they can take in different constellations. And finally, how individual color surfaces in selected spots form a character, an entity – such as individuals, couples and communities in their colorful diversity.

In a first step, I created prototypes from white-coated, thick cardboard and assembled them in my home studio. The material was easy to handle.

My goal was to create geometric sculptures made of wood. So I discussed my project and my concept with a local carpenter, who was immediately enthusiastic about my idea. We discussed the pros and cons of different woods and a practical approach to manufacture the individual parts and to assemble them. We decided to build the sculptures based on individual wooden triangles. The challenge was to cut and mill these thin wooden triangles. The milled parts were very fragile, at the beginning some of the corners broke.

Back in my home studio, I assembled the wooden triangles to form individual pyramids and then pyramid pairs. I sanded and primed them in several cycles and applied the colour spots. In a final step, I assembled the pyramid pairs in the individual constellations I had already developed in my prototypes.