15. Helical Dance
Artist Craig Nutt creates fine works in wood on many themes,
including the molecular. Included in the show
is a detail from "Helical Dance", a large sculpture created
for the Schering-Plough Research Institute in Alabama.
Ribbon models, such as "Helical Dance", are used by
scientists to show the three-dimensional structure of a
protein chain. But, as Craig Nutt describes, they have other
possibilities: "I wanted to make the sculpture something
more than a molecular model. Technology is intimidating
to many people because they have no frame of reference,
no personal model to help them understand. The molecular
model suggested to me something you might see growing
in a garden or at the roadside, such as grape or kudzu
vines, providing a frame of reference to people unfamiliar
with molecular structure." The sculpture is based on the
structure of human gamma-interferon. The helix is created
from 15 layers of laminated wood veneer.
Larsen -
Carson -
Gaber -
Gillilan -
Johnson -
Maslak -
Moldoff -
Morris -
Nutt
O'Donnell -
Olson -
Palay -
Rothaus -
Suzuki -
Taylor -
Winslow -
Goodsell
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