Cosmicum Ovum

Joel R Washing of Toledo, Ohio created this 7 ft x 9 ft x 5 ft sculpture that is called "Cosmicum Ovum". It was placed at the Fostoria Junior Senior High School Campus, in fron t of the administration offices as part of Fostoria's 2024/2025 Midwest Sculpture Initiative exhibit. This sculpture can be purchased for $7,700.00.

Artist Statement:

"I have a need to create physical, tangible objects. Ideas and emotions are translated from mind to world through my fingers, hands, and arms. Like the life sustaining need to take in breath, I must create to stave off emotional death. Geometrical shapes and patterns hold great interest for me. Linear planes and crisp angles impose a certain order in a world filled with chaos. Geometry describes the beauty inherent to all things on our planet, in our solar system, and beyond. I primarily work with steel. I’m attracted to this material because of its physical qualities and characteristics. Steel is all at once tactile, solid, smooth, rigid, flexible, permanent, and malleable."

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