Bike project

At first I was really just interested in recreating a childhood vehicle I had so loved, a symbol of adolescent freedom. When coming to the final aesthetics of the work I thought that I may take this play of childhood a bit further and actually morph the bike structure into a carousel/hobby horse. Only after the linkage of children and carousel/hobby horses did I realize that perhaps the original design of the bike was in fact based upon the idea of riding a horse. All the elements align a reign could easily be handle bars, a saddle= the seat, stirrups=peddles, legs of the horse= even pulling mechanisms (wheels)on either end of the bike. The likeliness of the design of a bicycle to the structure of a horse is undeniable. It seems almost impossible for bicycles to not have been influenced by the act of riding a horse. Despite whether I am right or wrong I believe this connection reveals a very appropriate subconscious end result of my sculpture. A result I am much pleased with and hope the viewer is as well…