"Ingenue" | Abstract & Contemporary Sculpture in Metal and Stone by Pamela Soldwedel

STONE LOVER

I am enthralled…
Deeply stirred…
By this stone,
Awe-inspiring within its
quarry face.

I lust for my great,
Raw,
Power-laden treasure block.

I yearn to speak through
glittering crystal-meat,
Electric veinings,
Opulent, hidden colors.

I crave to discover the
  particular wet-earth scent.
And yearn to hear its voice
  ringing beneath my tool’s
  cutting edge.

I am thrilled by the challenge
Of its rough weight…
Individual rock-hardness,
Of its danger!

Addicted to the exuberance
I’ve come to expect,

That takes me away

From myself.

"Ingenue" a sculpture by Pamela Soldwedel

Ingenue
Alabaster
21 1/8"H

Pamela Soldwedel Art Gallery of

Abstract Stone Sculptures

Pamela Soldwedel has a spiritual connection with stone. She is inspired by its ancient life history. It was once very much alive, and the artist's goal is to revitalize its massive strength in her abstract sculpture, through transforming the seemingly immutable material into soft forms with supple movements.

She is fascinated by the way in which she can express her feelings working with the stones' color, texture and grain to create her abstract stone sculptures.

She labors, lovingly, her chisel biting into the rocky earth-flesh, to transmit her messages, enthralled by the ever-changing sight, sound, touch and smell of stone.

Ishtar III

Click above photo
to see how Ishtar
came to be

Pamela Soldwedel's sculptures have evolved into fresh new dimensions with her mixed media abstractions...joinings of layered stone and metal, plastics, glass and wood bring a multitude of expressions to her creations.

For the viewer, something different and fascinating is presented from every angle and every change of light, especially so due to the sculptor's intriguing use of sinuous shapes in her abstract sculptures.

These mixed media sculpture abstractions capture adventurous essences of nature. Lyrical in movement, they are well composed and as beautifully finished as fine jewelry. Each piece gives delight to the eye and touch, and seems imbued with a life of its own. Delicately poised on a minute footprint, there is a sense of tension...there's mystery...there's surprise.