Images by Forlane 6 Studio
While brainstorming for ideas I got from Chris Rogan’s Blog , I came aross these amazing underwater sculptures from Forlane 6 Studio. They are a duo of two artists named Hortense Le Calvez and his partner Mathieu Goussin. Goussin enlisted as a Merchant Navy Officer and Le Calvez trained as a scuba instructor. They create sculptures and installations that take place under the sea. Some of their artwork includes clumps of paper that could easily pass as some bizarre variety of seaweed. They stated that they find a lot of inspiration in existing sea creatures, from the bioluminescent plankton to the small fish mastering the art of camouflage. Le Calvez and Goussin often resort to using actual found stuff.
For their most recent projects, they spent a few weeks anchored at an uninhabited island, scavenging an abandoned restaurant for materials. Working underwater means embracing unpredictability. They explained that they never know exactly how the sculptures will behave, and which is the fun part. Most of time they have to adjust the buoyancy with weights or small floating device. Making fishing lines knots underwater which can be always challenging .
