Leila Bandar				Leila Bandar's sculptures begin with a simple, compelling, physical attraction to a material and a vague picture of how the material could look once manipulated. The core-ten steel pipe in Bandar's "Pipe Organ" pieces are generally used underground to irrigate fields. Bandar uses a plasma cutter to create both positive and negative forms in the pipes. The "Pipe Organ" pieces become participatory when struck, creating a resonant sound akin to a monumental wind chime or an organ. "Making sculpture means making time in the physical world. My attraction to cylinders comes from an attraction to the push/pull of concave and convex forms when a pipe is 'carved' open. I love the duality and simplicity of it." Ultimately Bandar's work is about looking and creating windows to see a changing landscape - it is also a connector between the realm of earth and the realm of sky. Bandar's "Constructions in Wood" are carved and treated with a high temperature flame to achieve a driftwood effect. The wood grain that returns to the lumber once it has been heat treated.