If you’ve been to Meyer Library this week, you may have noticed something different about the front steps: per-course instructor Jacob Burmood’s sculpture “Depth of Form.”

The installation comes as a result of the recent exhibition partnership between the library and the art and design department, Burmood said.

Artwork inspired by underlying, unifying forces

Burmood, who teaches sculpture and three-dimensional design, said this piece is part of a series he’s been working on since graduating from MSU in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture.

“My work is inspired by nature, social structures, concerts, dance, schools of fish and flocks of birds, or any system where an underlying force causes many elements to flow together into a unified whole.”

He said “Depth of Form” will be exhibited at the library through Family Weekend, Sept. 11-13.

Use your passion to stimulate creativity

Burmood offered this advice for students and aspiring to be artists: “I think the most important way to develop passion — that driving force that makes you work at it everyday — is to connect your interests to your artwork. There is nothing outside the scope of art, so if you are passionate about anything at all, you can use it as fuel to create.”