Puryear for reference

When I want to think elemental and elegant, with a poetic sensitivity, I often think of Martin Puryear. I somehow forget to include him on lists of influences, but he's such a standard reference for me. What an extraordinary sense of form he has. A small selection of his work above. Enjoy! In looking for Puryear images, I also ran across this great slide show at the New York Times of the show "Second Lives."