Ephraim Puusemp
SEPULTURE/SCULPTURE I, 2019-2020
Signed and dated 2019-2020
Birch plywood, wood glue
40 in. x 29 in. x 20 in.
"The SEPULTURE/SCULPTURE series came out of pure experimentation and play. I had introduced my son to the skeletal dinosaur models made of plywood that I played with as a kid. We had many sets and would often partially build one only to throw it incomplete into a box full of parts from mixed sets. We began experimenting with the possibilities of mixing parts, building biomorphic and geometric forms. By introducing custom cut circular pieces to act as central axial junctions, the complex geometry could be pushed further allowing infinite construction possibilities. These works come from my lifelong interest in the natural sciences. They resemble organic microscopic structures as well as the strange sculptural ossuaries made of human bones found in the Czech Republic."