Post-industrial Fetish: new works by Jeremy Waak at curio.

It’s this shift that has Artist, Sculptor, and Metalsmith Jeremy Waak’s attention. Metals such as copper, silver, and brass make up the arms, treads, and carapaces of his sculptures. Miniature in their size and inspired by machines more at home on a construction site or warehouse floor, they seemingly defy their potential absurdity and obsolescence due to their presentation as an object of Art. Expertly crafted and assembled, painted, and patinated they move from the realm of the mechanical and enter one of human emotion. Accompanied by artfully considered schematic-like drawings which detail their ideation, together they speak to the necessity and intricacies of physical creation. The “handmadeness” of what you see is on full display.