Sculptor — Victoria, Australia
Anmar Alsabiri
Ascension
Stainless steel sculpture of a life-size bald eagle, exhibited at the JW Marriott Grand Rapids.
- Sculpture dimensions (eagle and wood)
- 1 × 1 × 1.6 m (39.4 × 39.4 × 63 inches)
- Overall dimensions (including display pedestal)
- 1.2 × 1.2 × 1.8 m (47.2 × 47.2 × 70.9 inches)
- Installation
- Indoor display only (natural eucalyptus wood base treated with resin; somewhat water-resistant, but not suitable for outdoors)
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Stainless steel · 2026
Ascension
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Photography by Carli Wilson
The Process of Ascension
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Artist Statement
Living in Australia, where bald eagles are not native, I relied on online research to understand their distinctive features. Each feather was individually designed digitally based on the eagle's actual anatomy.
I have always been fascinated by bald eagles; they carry a sense of power and wisdom. My challenge was to convey these characteristics through dynamic posture and meticulous design, shaping, and polishing each of the 2,000 feathers by hand to achieve the subtle form and feel of real feathers.
Ascension represents the posture of the eagle, as I aimed to capture the eagle when it takes off. For a fraction of a second, it jumps first, descends, and then ascends. Check the position of the top feathers; the eagle is just about to hit the air to go up.
The eagle's posture was crucial to its meaning, the eagle must be free. To balance its 176 lb weight, I intentionally aligned the tail and parts of the wings along the axial line to compensate for the weight on the opposite side, creating a balanced structure which I then grounded into a native Australian eucalyptus log.
The eagle, with its wings straight up at the moment of takeoff, represents freedom, new beginnings, and ascension.