Efthymiadi\u2019s engagement with bird forms spanned her entire career, resulting in series of stylised owls, roosters, and eagles in various sizes. Her dedication sprang from a belief that sculpture should be \u2018an art that accompanies people in their everyday lives.\u2019 However, in contrast to other thematic units, in which, until the early 1950s, she followed realistic rendering, the birds are characterized from the outset by an abstract mood and stylizations based on a variety of patterns.
\nThese characteristics were strengthened after the mid-1950s. From 1960 onwards, inspired by Pre-Columbian metalworking techniques \u2013 characterised by the dense soldering of fine gold rods or wires \u2013 which she studied during a 1959 journey to Peru and Colombia, she began using hammered brass rods, welded together. In works such as “The Winged Chief”, her largest and one of the most iconic pieces in this style, she seeks to express energy and grandeur through the sudden flare of outstretched wings.
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