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Wooden Dowel Necklace (Dirk Marwig 2019)

Wooden Dowel Necklace

Always use what is there, discover what’s hidden in plain sight.

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FLOW LIGHT OBJECT (Plexi-Glass, fluorescent light, 34cm x 75cm x 13cm, Dirk Marwig 1997)

FLOW LIGHT OBJECT

*The only tools I used to make this object were: a pencil, a screw driver, a ruler, a few clamps, a heat gun(to bend the shape), a drill, a multiple speed jig saw and fine sand-paper. The plexi-glass was found

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Photo of artist Dirk Marwig, 25 June 2019. All tied up- unavailable at the moment.

Dirk Marwig close up
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“0” (ZERO) cannot exist because there is NOTHING to take it’s place. Dirk Marwig , June26 2019, West Vancouver, Canada

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The Wonderful World of Cable Ties (Photograph by DirK Marwig featuring all cable tie pieces plus Dirk Marwig tied up, June 25th 2019)

Cable Tie World A
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Russian Internet Bride + Gold Digger + Vogue Cover(Rings) October 1987 all by Dirk Marwig

RIB+GD+ Vogue 1987

It’s cool how such different pieces are so clearly related. The 1st one is from 2007, the 2nd one from 2019 and the Vogue cover from 1987! The message is the same.

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RUSSIAN INTERNET BRIDE (Ink,pencil+oil on acid free tape on paper,37.5cm x 27.4cm,Vancouver 2007)

Russian Internet Bride

RUSSIAN INTERNET BRIDE (Ink,pencil+oil on acid free tape on paper,37.5cm x 27.4cm,Vancouver 2007) ***Together with “Gold Digger”…part of the whole story.

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Gold Digger Cocktail Table (Reclaimed outdoor furniture wood, cable ties, oil and gold leaf, 63cm x 34cm x 68.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2019)

Gold Digger Cocktail Table

Here are 3 more angles.

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Dirk Marwig ‘cable tie’ Objects, Constructions, Furniture and Jewelry. All designed and built by Dirk Marwig.

All Cable Ties

In all of these objects I used ‘cable ties’ with the purpose of structural support and/or connection.

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Architectural Plaything (Plywood construction with nylon string, 20.5cm x 47cm x 31.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2019)

Architectural Plaything

You can sit on it and it will not break thanks to the solid structural curved plywood backbone. PURE.

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