S T I L L
Candle Sculpture
To Make Space
As a sculptor, seeing something take shape in your hands is a wonderful feeling. It is a process I have fallen in love with.
But creation is rarely a straight journey from A to B. There are moments of doubt, fear, and dead ends. Sometimes, when you are completely stuck, the only way forward is to destroy.
There is something strangely liberating about destroying a work. At several points in my life, I have made a fire and burned my work. Perhaps it is the force of the fire, or the ritual of watching something disappear, but in that moment, destruction becomes a way of creating space.
Not only on the worktable, but within myself. An empty space where something new can begin.
Still grew from this idea. A work created to be burned.
Each candle burns in its own way. Slowly, the flame transforms the form, and the sculpture becomes something else.
I invite you to light the candle. To let it burn. To let the work change.
And when what once existed is no longer there, perhaps something still remains.
A memory of the form.
A moment.
An experience.
Something that can no longer be touched, but still exists.
Still, within you.
- Johannes Nielsen
Material
The sculpture is casted in high quality paraffin.
Colour’s
This sculpture is available in six different colors:
• Ivory
• Slate Blue
• Olive Green
• Burgundy Red
• White
• Black
Packaging
The candle comes carefully packaged in a cardboard box with protective foam to keep it safe during transportation.
Image Gallery
Still
Candle Dimensions: 6 W × 4 D × 34 H (cm)
Material: Parafine
Price: Fill in the form bellow
Order
This artwork is only available in larger quantities or through the galleries I collaborate with. Please fill in your information below, and I’ll get back to you with instructions on how to make it yours.
- Johannes Nielsen