Life Ladder + Sea-Saw

Branches felled by an autumn storm provided the materials for this new Life Ladder.

Working with the natural twists and turns of the branches is challenging. I have to disregard my design ideas and work with what I have.

Having said that I am gradually getting nearer the shape I want to create, though not fine enough nearing the top, which should almost fade into transparency.

The idea is that we are presented with a human scale ladder, the first few steps could be functional.

But as we climb we diminish in size until we eventually fade from existence, the point of transition between one world and another(?)

I placed the Sea-saw along side the ladder mainly for scale. It is a standard carpenters' saw, which has been modified by the water-jet cutting process.