This is to certify that the my edition of sculptures entitled BIFIDITY was commenced in October, 2008. There are thirty sculptures in the edition and each is signed and numbered under the base.
The design of BIFIDITY is based on an older, smaller sculpture made as part of the Blind Alphabet Project in 1993. That original piece was made small enough so that it could be picked up and easily handled by a blind person. A bifurcated structure implies a main body that develops or ‘forks’ into two. A bifid structure, on the other hand, implies a knife, axe or any other outside force, bearing down on a main body and parting it in two.
The original sculpture of 1993 consisted only of one piece of wood, cleft into two. The wood was so parted that it remained one solid piece with two members curving sideways from it. The new, 2009, piece is similar in shape, but a wedge-like shape was added to represent the outside force performing the cleaving act.
The original 1993 work made for the Blind Alphabet Project was accompanied the following text as translated into Braille and printed on a plaque.
