Killing Time
Share
click to enlarge+

Killing Time

by Liffey Speller
Category
Sculpture 
Medium
mixed media bullet cases and glass
Size
W:40.5cm x H:7cm x D:8cm (in glass frame)
Year
2012
$187
view to scale
Description: Spent bullet cases of varying sizes arranged in a subtle gradient.

Motivation: I wanted to take something dangerous and feared and create something with some kind of aesthetic appeal, playing on out concept of what is beautiful.
 
Liffey Speller
Liffey Speller
BA Fine Art (The Michaelis School of Fine Art (UCT)), 2011
I like to draw from internal struggles and places of darkness for my work. The art I make is a reflection of my personal journey through life. The process of experimentation with materials is also important for me as it is an investigation of both the materials and of the self.
More about this artist

Contour
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:42cm x H:51cm (framed dimensions)
$199
Falling
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:76cm x H:51cm x D:2cm (unframed)
$373
Forget Me Not
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:91cm x H:76cm x D:4cm (framed dimensions)
Frozen In A Solid State
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:76cm x H:60.5cm x D:2cm (unframed)
$434
Gunpowder Blooms: I
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:42cm x H:56cm x D:4.5cm (unframed)
$119
Gunpowder Blooms: II
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:42cm x H:56cm x D:4.5cm (unframed)
$119
Gunpowder Blooms: III
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:42cm x H:56cm x D:4.5cm (unframed)
$119
Let It Wash Through You
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:130cm x H:110cm x D:5cm (unframed)
$496
Mechanism
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:45cm x H:61cm x D:2cm (unframed)
$329
Only Time Will Tell
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:75cm x H:119cm x D:4.5cm (unframed)
$496
Sleep Of Reason
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:240cm x H:165cm x D:4.5cm (unframed)
$930
Snow Fall
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:100cm x H:50cm x D:4cm (unframed)
$434
Stain
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:130cm x H:110cm x D:5cm (unframed)
$496
Time Fades Away
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:95cm x H:55cm x D:2cm (unframed)
$311
Untitled
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:110cm x H:130cm x D:4.5cm (unframed)
$341
Wrap Me Up And Hold Me Closer
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:130cm x H:130cm x D:2cm
$341
Killing Time
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:40.5cm x H:7cm x D:8cm (in glass frame)
$187
Little By Little The Darkness Fades Away
by Liffey Speller
Size: W:60cm x H:60cm x D:10cm
$434