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Spindle Shell
In the histories of many cultures, the shell was celebrated as currency, curative, adornment and art. Once containing the whole of a life-form, shells shield cycles of birth and rebirth. Shells are nature's created spaces, holding moments of life, growth and introspection.
Sculptor Agelio Batle honors some of nature's most exquisite forms in this series of graphite objects. His reverence for organic shapes grew from formal studies in biology and art, but countless hours in the wilderness gave the artist an intimate understanding of nature's geometry. The objects in this series are a testament to that insight.
Batle sees these objects as sculpture, but they are also fully functional drawing tools. All of their surfaces can write!
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