Golden Threads

About Golden Threads

This contemporary sculpture is a mask forged from air craft cable and then carefully gilded with gold leaf.

Dale Dunning is considered a masterful sculptor, and his work can be found throughout Canada. Known for his superb craftsmanship, Dunning likes to re-purpose materials—in this case, fine aircraft cables are gilded and used to create this stunning mask of a human head. Its 'hair’ appears to act as a crown. To Dunning, the head is a powerful and beautiful metaphor for human experience.

“The thing I like about the head is it is recognizable, and it encompasses everything that we have experienced. We live in our heads…I use the head as a container to suggest what’s percolating underneath.” Dale Dunning

“Dale Dunning is an exceptionally versatile artist. He has mastered techniques in bronze, aluminum, steel and glass over four decades of relentless creativity.”
Sanjeev Sivarulrasa, Curator Sivarulrasa Gallery

Dale Dunning holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. While earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Mt. Allison University, NB, he studied under Lawren P. Harris (the son of Group of Seven member Lawren S. Harris) and George Tiessen. Dunning has exhibited across Canada, and his work is held in private, corporate and public collections.