By Thomas Weaver
Vermont Quarterly Magazine Winter issue,
Burlington, Vermont
For a sculpture truly completed by a gust of wind stirring it into motion, there are few better places to be than the Shelburne Farms lakeshore. On a late-September morning, a steady breeze off Lake Champlain sets George Sherwood’s “Botanica” rotating in slow, graceful arcs that bring to mind, say, the rhythmic arm strokes of a swimmer, a Renaissance courtship dance, or plants waving in the wind. (more…)
By Steve Landwehr
Staff writer
IPSWICH — Mention sculpture, and most people probably conjure up images of Michelangelo’s “Pieta” or Rodin’s “The Thinker.” Formed of marble or bronze, their beauty is timeless and unchanging.
Ipswich artist George Sherwood crafts pieces that are intentionally more fluid, always changing and only truly come to life when they ride the wind.
Sherwood, 51, is a kinetic sculptor who fashions stainless steel tubes and plates into deceptively simple, moving art forms meant to be displayed outdoors. Eight years ago, he gave up a job designing toys for Lego in Boston for work in a studio a stone’s throw from his Argilla Road home.
“I basically changed a 31/2-hour commute to a 31/2-second one,” Sherwood says. (more…)