Cal Lane Makes 'Industrial Doilies' That Make Delicate Filigree Of Industrial Parts
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Artist Cal Lane (see website) creates ‘industrial doilies’ and they are nothing like those found at grandma’s house. Lane fuses the industrial strength of steel and iron with the delicacy of lacework in sculptures that explore multiple dualities that push a concept of absurdity: industrial and domestic life, masculine and feminine, practical and frivolity, ornament and function.
The result is fine filigree designs of flowers, graceful scallops, and mythical creatures adorning the metal surfaces of discarded car hoods, cages, and shovels. Lane, who fancies herself working as a devil’s advocate, explains: ‘The metaphor of lace further intrigued me by its associations of hiding and exposing at the same time; like a veil to cover, or lingerie to reveal. It also introduces a kind of humor through the form of unexpected relationships.’
I have always been interested in embracing the very thing that repels me in order to understand it: I prefer to make sense of things or in order to suspend (or pass) judgment.
