Steven Weinberg Middle Ground, 2005 12" h x 24" w x 3" d Courtesey of Leo Kaplan Modern

His current sculpture returns to the vessel as his poetic influence, incorporating his interest in found objects with his love for the literal and figurative sea. His Buoy Series starts with weather beaten fisherman's buoys found along the Rhode Island coast; Weinberg then casts them in colored crystal and finishes them with a solemn, metallic patina. As a related exploration, Weinberg's Isobar Series reinterprets boat hulls in idealized crystal cross sections, juxtaposing the perfection of the exterior design with an interior elegy to the interface of air and water that is perfectly expressed through the strategic use of color, bubbles, veils and surface treatments.