Medium – Cast Bronze
Dimensions - L 10” X W 8” X H 2” Open edition
Top View
Side View
The title of this piece
was inspired by the old saying, “ you are skating on thin ice
“, the meaning of this being that we are about to get into
some very serious trouble. The sculpture was inspired by quite
literally skating on thin ice. I was in my very early teens
when a friend and I went skating on a local lake at a county
park. Ignoring the caution barrels, (I didn’t even recall
seeing them until later), we skated away from the crowds out
onto some really smooth lightly trafficked ice in the middle
of the lake. About this time the voice of a park ranger on a
bullhorn registered as well as the fact that he was directing
someone to get off of the unsafe ice. That someone was us. As
we stopped to listen the ice began to pop and crack. This
rather sickening sound was originating directly under our
feet. Adrenalin must have lent us wings as we skated off the
ice. That and the fact that we were probably both less that 90
lbs saved us from a cold swim or worse. Here the drama
ends and the reality of the moment and the sculpture diverge.
My skater has, unfortunately broken through and is struggling
to reach safety.
