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Framed washboard sculpture with layered transparent rectangles, yellow diagonal lines, and internal backlighting
Two One Glass (Constructivist Study in Yellow and Blue)

This sculpture is built around an old glass washboard, once a utilitarian object, now transformed into a frame for light and layered materials. The ridged glass surface refracts the light coming from behind, creating shifting visual effects across the interior elements. Inside the frame, plexiglass rods, colored rectangles, and a lenticular material interact with the light, bending and scattering it in different directions. As the viewer moves, lines and planes seem to shift position, creating a sense of motion within the structure.

The composition draws on aspects of both Russian Constructivism and postwar abstraction. The geometric layering and use of everyday materials echo the spirit of Rodchenko, whose work often explored structure, industrial forms, and the repurposing of the ordinary. At the same time, the soft overlap of the bluish central rectangle within the larger yellow field recalls the color relationships in Rothko’s paintings—where one shape quietly emerges within another. Here, that effect is achieved not with pigment, but through light, transparency, and physical depth.

Dimensions
28" Height, 19" Width, 12" Depth
Style
Russian Constructivism
material

Glass, Wood, Plastic

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Studio FroiDesign
Working under the principles of FroiDesign
Found and Repurposed Objects of Industrial Design
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