David Hamilton

Axes

These works were initiated out of a growing concern for the loss of old growth trees in Tasmania. As a sculptor living in Tasmania it was impossible to be unaware of the wholesale destruction of the natural forest environment to feed the demands of the State's woodchip industry. I used the axe form, an efficient and yet sensuous tool of destruction as a metaphor to highlight the destruction of my state's forest heritage.

Wrapped Axe, a white marbled axe with a criss-cross banded head, raised on two gold stands, by David Hamilton
Wrapped Axe, 2015Hydrographic print on silicon bronze
Wrapped Axe, a glossy gold axe with a criss-cross banded head, raised on two matching gold stands, by David Hamilton
Wrapped Axe, 2015Silicon bronze
Wrapped Axe, a deep blue mottled axe with a criss-cross banded head, raised on two matching blue stands, by David Hamilton
Wrapped Axe, 2015Paint on silicon bronze
A polished silver axe blade set in a fringed cushion-like mount, mounted on a black outdoor plinth among trees, by David Hamilton
Soft Touch, 1986Silicon bronze
A Trophy for Doug, a polished copper-toned axe with a wavy handle rising into several curved hooked prongs, by David Hamilton
A Trophy for Doug, 1985Silicon bronze
A Walk in the Woods, a dark bronze forked branch form rising from a smooth rounded stone base, by David Hamilton
A Walk in the Woods, 1985Bronze and stone
Wrapped Axe, a bronze axe head bound with wrapped straps set on a polished curved blade, raised on two stands, by David Hamilton
Wrapped Axe, 1983Silicon bronze
False Phoenix, a bronze axe blade sprouting a mass of thin blackened branches from its head, by David Hamilton
False Phoenix, 1983Silicon bronze
Ridgetop, a bronze axe with a fringe of thin dark branches along its blade edge, raised on two stands, by David Hamilton
Ridgetop, 1983Silicon bronze
Bow, a polished bronze axe with a burst of fine wire-like spikes bristling from its head, by David Hamilton
Bow, 1983Silicon bronze
Progression, a bronze axe head sprouting rows of tall thin branches like a burnt hedge, by David Hamilton
Progression, 1983Silicon bronze
Widows Veil, a bronze axe with a curtain of thin hanging branches strung along its blade, by David Hamilton
Widows Veil, 1983Silicon bronze
Safe Bequest, a bronze axe head enclosed in a rectangular cage frame with hanging cords, by David Hamilton
Safe Bequest, 1983Silicon bronze
Wild Thing, a bronze axe with its head woven into a tight open basket cage, hung from a rectangular frame, by David Hamilton
Wild Thing, 1983Silicon bronze
Fortunes Wheel, a bronze axe head bound in a woven cage and hung by cords from a curved handle, by David Hamilton
Fortunes Wheel, 1983Silicon bronze