Kinetic Dolphin Dorsal
The Arrival
The tail gives force; the dorsal gives direction — the first sign of the dolphin, the leading edge of connection.
Cerulean Flow
Polychrome gradient — open ocean, depth and light
Available
Brass Verdigris
Brass & verdigris patina — warm metal aged by sea air
Placed
Copper Verdigris
Copper patina — the weight of deep time
Placed
Description
The dorsal is the leading edge of a living form breaking the surface — the precise point where connection translates into architectural intent. The master form is etched with the attached streamlines and shed vorticity of wake dynamics, capturing the physics of directional transition with structural exactness.
The repeatable form is held against an unrepeatable surface. While the structural geometry remains identical across the series, each work receives a unique surface commitment — Cerulean Flow for open-ocean depth, or patinas aged by sea air and deep time. Applied once by hand, never repeated.
The relief acts as a spatial anchor — instilling linear clarity and poised anticipation into the wall it inhabits. The dorsal arrives first.
Specification
- Medium
- Hand-sculpted, hand-cast water-based acrylic resin
- Method
- Master etched with hydrodynamic flow lines; cast in resin
- Finishes
- Cerulean Flow, Brass Verdigris, or Copper Verdigris — applied by hand, never repeated
- Scale
- 570 × 520 × 110 mm (≈ 22.5 × 20.5 × 4.5 in)
- Edition
- Open series of unique variations
- Status
- Cerulean Flow available · Brass and Copper placed
Process — The System of Finishes
Sketches and diagrams — the idea before it becomes form.
The original hand-sculpted in clay — the ur-form.
The negative form taken from the master.
Material transformation — resin poured, negative to positive.
The unique surface commitment — patina, powder, or tint applied once.
Provenance
- Artist
- Ché Hough (Cape Town)
- Studio
- Cape Cache, Pearly Beach, Western Cape
- Field research
- 139,500 nautical miles at sea
- Execution
- 2025 — Pearly Beach Studio
- Authentication
- Certificate of Authenticity issued by Cape Cache
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Kinetic Dolphin Tail
The dorsal provides direction, the tail provides thrust — companion works. Read together, or apart.
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Column sculpture — the apex predator stripped to essential structure.
View the work →Cerulean Flow is currently available for acquisition. New iterations within the established system can be commissioned in dialogue with your space.
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