Ezekiel 1 and 10 -- Wheels Within Wheels

One type of medium I enjoy working in is a combination of wood sculpture, assemblage and collage. The piece below began with an old hat mold, a shoe mold, and several wooden spools.

Wheels Within Wheels (2002) (12" x 9" x 4 1/2")



Some of the most perplexing passages in the Old Testament appear in Ezekiel 1 and 10 and I Kings 7.  They attempt to describe the undescribable: the four living creatures (or cherubim) and the vehicle in which they travel. Some of the symbology is obvious, such as the many eyes representing God's omniscience, but most of the details remain as puzzling as the sculpture above conveys.