Kinetic Dolphin Tail

The Engine of the Dive

The tail is where intention becomes velocity — the raw mechanical engine that drives the dolphin forward.

Graphite

Depth and shadow — the engine as pure silhouette

Placed

Bone

Skeletal architecture exposed — the mechanics of thrust

Placed

Kinetic Dolphin Tail in orange-tinted resin

Tangerine

Chromatic energy — the commitment to the deep

Available

Studio

The artist applying the surface commitment by hand

Description

While the dorsal provides direction, the kinetic tail holds the raw mechanical engine of the dive — the physical force required to break water and sustain momentum. The master form is etched with the flow lines and shed vorticity of the wake, capturing the pure physics of thrust as a permanent structural geometry.

The repeatable form is held against an unrepeatable surface. While the structural architecture remains identical across the series, each work receives a unique surface commitment — graphite for silhouette, bone for skeletal mechanics, or tinted resin for chromatic energy. Applied once by hand, never repeated.

The relief acts as a spatial catalyst — instilling dynamic focus, propulsion, and spatial tension into the wall it inhabits. A permanent line of thrust that gives the room its direction.

Specification

Medium: Hand-sculpted, hand-cast water-based acrylic resin
Method: Master etched with hydrodynamic flow lines; cast in resin
Finishes: Graphite, Bone-white, or Tangerine — applied by hand, never repeated
Scale: 570 × 520 × 110 mm (≈ 22.5 × 20.5 × 4.5 in)
Edition: Open series of unique variations
Status: Tangerine available · Graphite and Bone placed