THE DANCE OF THE MALE AND FEMALE IS A SPECTACLE OF BEAUTY: SEEMINGLY OPPOSITE OR CONTRARY FORCES ARE INTERCONNECTED AND INTERDEPENDENT. THEY GIVE RISE TO EACH OTHER AS THEY INTERRELATE WITHIN THE NATURAL DUALITIES OF YIN AND YANG, DARK AND LIGHT, LOW AND HIGH, COLD AND HOT, WATER AND FIRE, LIFE AND DEATH.

Beginning the sculpture: Hermaphrodite on the workbench in the studio. Determining connection of male and female sections.
Beginning the sculpture: Hermaphrodite on the workbench in the studio. Determining connection of male and female sections.
Inside the female section of Hermaphrodite: Female energy is home, the inner aspect of things. the primal source and the energy that has not yet manifested. Cool. Water.
Inside the female section of Hermaphrodite: Female energy is home, the inner aspect of things. the primal source and the energy that has not yet manifested. Cool. Water.
Inside layer of the male section of Hermaphrodite: Male energy is outwardly focused, fiery and hot, goal-oriented, creates individuality and possesses the ability to separate.
Inside layer of the male section of Hermaphrodite: Male energy is outwardly focused, fiery and hot, goal-oriented, creates individuality and possesses the ability to separate.
Hermaphrodite. Side View. Linking the male and female with leather belting. The female energy becoming aware of a slight restlessness, a desire to move outside of herself to attain experience.
Hermaphrodite. Side View. Linking the male and female with leather belting. The female energy becoming aware of a slight restlessness, a desire to move outside of herself to attain experience.
Hermaphrodite. Top View. Outside surface of female is slightly pinker than male surface. Both surfaces are marked with constellations, he-she pronouns, and gold-leaf edging. The leather link has been primed to prepare it for a seamless coupling of male and female. In the Greek Hermaphrodite myth, when the female clung to the male, he called out for help, but no one answered. She however, was granted her wish: “Let us never part!”
Hermaphrodite. Top View. Outside surface of female is slightly pinker than male surface. Both surfaces are marked with constellations, he-she pronouns, and gold-leaf edging. The leather link has been primed to prepare it for a seamless coupling of male and female. In the Greek Hermaphrodite myth, when the female clung to the male, he called out for help, but no one answered. She however, was granted her wish: “Let us never part!”