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The Bounce | Public Sculptures by Jackie Braitman. Item made of steel
The Bounce | Public Sculptures by Jackie Braitman. Item made of steel
The Bounce | Public Sculptures by Jackie Braitman. Item made of steel
The Bounce | Public Sculptures by Jackie Braitman. Item made of steel
The Bounce | Public Sculptures by Jackie Braitman. Item made of steel
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The Bounce | Public Sculptures by Jackie Braitman. Item made of steel

Created and Sold by Jackie Braitman

Jackie Braitman

The Bounce - Public Sculptures

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Price $27,000

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Shipping: Freight 21-35 days
Estimated Arrival: December 22, 2024
(due to need to make custom crates)

Handmade

Woman Owned

Made In USA

DimensionsWeight
74H x 50W x 37D in
187.96H x 127W x 93.98D cm

Corten Steel Sculpture

This contemporary sculpture includes the visual dimension of rhythm to emphasize the motion of the dancer. The dance move is taken from Hip Hop’s bounce movements – well known to Lil Kim fans. It is both figurative and abstract and truly marries the handcraft typical in fine art plus the digital innovations of modern technology.

The work is constructed of slatted “self-weathering” steel. The Corten steel will form a natural orange/brown patina and then stop rusting protecting the steel from further rust for a lifetime.

The Bounce’s creation was an intensive 3 months of effort. It started with sculpting a 24” tall wax model to capture the body movements. The model was then scanned to create a 3D “mesh” file. Further exploration was done digitally to try out ways of slicing the figure and different geometric arrays to capture the power and motion of the dance. Machine files were then created to guide a computerized laser cutting machine. The pieces were then assembled and finished. The whole process took an elapsed 4 months with more than 90 full-time days of effort.

Item The Bounce
Created by Jackie Braitman
As seen in Creator's Studio, Takoma Park, MD
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Jackie Braitman
Meet the Creator
Wescover creator since 2022
I Sculpt Movement.

I sculpt motion. I uses graphic lines of wood and steel to explore the motion and energy of dancers. Often working larger-than-life, my works will animate your home or garden. My passion is motion -- not the material. And thus, I explore different materials, at different scales, and with different levels of abstraction to explore how to enhance a sense of rhythm and motion in a static sculpture.
I was born in Casper, Wyoming in 1952 but I’ve mostly lived in cities on both the east and west coasts. Equally adept in both right- and left-brain activities, I’ve followed passions in both spheres. As a younger adult and mid-level professional, I pursued more analytic careers such as software development and corporate management and relegated my artistic side to avocations. As I became more confident in myself, I found ways to integrate both the analytic and artistic into my later careers – first as the owner of a home design/remodeling firm and now as a full-time sculptor. My sculptural work is heavy in digital design and fabrication.