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'Vortices', hand cut tyvek | Sculptures by Allison Svoboda | Nashville International Airport in Nashville. Item composed of paper
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Allison Svoboda

'Vortices', hand cut tyvek - Sculptures

Featured In Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN

Price from $10,000 to $30,000

Creation: minimum 12 weeks

“Vortices” is a hand-cut Tyvek installation using nine 20-foot panels draping under the skylight like falling water. Tyvek paper is an exterior building material which is extremely tough. It is water repellant, UV protected and resists tearing and discoloration. The Tyvek paper is translucent, similar to rice paper, giving it an ethereal quality as the light shines through it, creating shadows and many layers of grey. Droplets of silver are added to reflect atmosphere.

Item 'Vortices', hand cut tyvek
Created by Allison Svoboda
As seen in Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
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Allison Svoboda
Meet the Creator

Allison Svoboda

Chicago, IL

Wescover creator since 2018
"Organic patterns and forms found in nature have an instinctive draw. The theory of fractal geometry; infinite layers of self-similar shapes repeated in every living thing, hold an endless fascination for me. Plants, feathers, skeletons; this enormous energy in nature influences my work.

The same way a plant grows following the path of least resistance, the quick gestures and simplicity of working with ink allows the law of least resistance to prevail as the ink finds its path across the paper. Ink gives a more spontaneous experience as I allow the ink to move where it flows naturally.

With this process, I work intuitively through thousands brushstrokes creating hundreds of small paintings. I then collate the work, tearing out images that work together. When I find compositions that intrigue me, I then delve into the longer process of collage, taking the time to digest the image. The patterns or lines of the work often have multiple inferences. The flow of a tree reaching to the sun has the same movement as a river reaching toward the ocean. Water droplets bind together and become fluid just as arctic ice builds up and melts apart. The dichotomy in our natural world of destruction and growth, light and dark, fear and wonder is very important to my work."