Bronze, Signed Hamish Mackie
Numbered Edition of 12
Dated 2024
30cm high x 74cm long x 32cm wide (11.5″ x 29″ x 12.5″)
This sculpture is also available as a scaled down version in bronze (numbered edition of 25) or silver (numbered edition of 6).
The octopus is an enigmatic, complex creature and highly adaptable. It can regrow lost arms and change its colour to match its surroundings. People have been fascinated by the octopus for millennia. The ancient Greeks decorated coffins, pottery and ritual ornaments with octopus motifs.
Octopus are known for being extremely intelligent. Scientific studies have proved they are capable of sophisticated learning and problem solving skills. There are many stories about how octopus have fused lights in their tanks, squirted water at individual researchers, and unscrewed lids of containers! Two thirds of their five hundred million neurons are in their arms, which means they can not only touch but also taste and smell with their tentacles.
Hamish has sculpted an explorative octopus inquisitively reaching out to touch. Of course under water, octopus appear almost weightless. It’s this freedom of movement, and having no joints, that Hamish wanted to capture in this characterful sculpture. Each of the over 600 suckers has been individually handmade. From the plasticine original, a high resolution scan was taken to produce a intricately detailed scaled down version cast into both silver and bronze.
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