Hefaheeche Array

Hefaheechee is an image that appeared to me in a dream. The name comes from a science fiction classic novel, I was reading it before I went to bed. Dream: Suspended in a black space, I saw the array. Is this our galaxy? I thought, No, said my mind. This is the Hefaheechee Array. The sculptures, with micro-screws and all unique hand-cuts, required 3 months to produce (one month to conceive with paper-pencil drawings). It required one "start-over" because when I was making it, I realized I was creating the piece as I saw the array (straight from memory), not for an audience (in Dream, I was inside the array). It didn't look right. To me, it was good, but the first attempt would have made no sense to an audience, plus it violated too many "rules" of good art (See Andrew Loomis, 1947, page 31 and Part II - pg 81). I rethought the perspective, removed and discarded all initial sculptures, cleaned up the wood canvas, and started over. The central board cuts, three (3) levels deep (made with a Japanese precision hand saw and ruler), were OK. The colors were OK, but the initial sculptures did not represent what I wanted an audience to see and appreciate. So, I changed them. The acrylic reflects colored light (this requires strategic placement of light - top corner left). This medium with the perspective stilts was perfect for telegraphing color-cast-shadowing, but it required the problematic process of attaching acrylic to wood.