Maquettes & Desktop Studies

A collection of sculptural-maquettes and intimate-scale studies.
These works explore the foundational-geometry of the Art-in-Metal movement on a scale designed for interior sanctuaries and professional-environs.

Interior mixed-media sculpture titled Starry Night by Marc Staples

Starry Night

Prometheus is an interior tabletop mixed-media sculpture

Prometheus

Interior tabletop abstract sculpture titled Colours by Marc Staples

Colours

Scoperta Terra is an organic interior sculpture by Artist Marc Staples

Scoperta-Terra

A mixed-media sculpture titled Matrix. Steel, bronze, and acrylic by Marc Staples

Matrix (Gold)

Helium is a steel tabletop sculpture with a brilliant blue patina by Marc Staples

Helium

A metallic sculpture of a nest and an egg. The egg is composed of hammered, patinated steel with a textured, mottled surface showing shades of brown, copper, and blue-green. The nest is made from tangled, polished copper wire.

Egg

A colorful mixed-media metal sculpture titled Converge by Marc Staples

Converge

After the Cosmic Rain. A dramatic mixed-media table top sculpture by Marc Staples

After the Cosmic Rain

A tabletop sculpture titled "Red Shift" features a patinated steel crescent, representing the speed of light, with a small translucent blue-green acrylic rectangle embedded within it.

Red Shift