A sculptor of wind explains how to make fiber dance far above city streets
Janet Echelman says she never set out to be a sculptor of wind.
- Janet Echelman says she never set out to be a sculptor of wind.
- Working closely with engineers, Echelman has spent the past 26 years of her career producing sculptures that rival the size of skyscrapers.
- In 1997, I traveled to India as a Fulbright scholar and planned to give exhibitions around the country.
- I had my paints and brushes shipped to India from the U.S., but they never arrived.
- As the deadline for the show loomed, I had to come up with something fast.
- One day, it occurred to me that those nets would make excellent material for sculptures.
- Their movements cause the sculpture to move and appear as if it were a dancer itself at a larger scale.