sentences:  In 1997, Echelman won a Fulbright Senior Lectureship and traveled to India with the intention of giving painting exhibitions.Her artistic supplies were lost in transit to Mahabalipuram, so she began working with local bronze-casters but the material was heavy and too expensive for her budget.While watching fishermen bundling their nets, Echelman was inspired to take a new approach to sculpture, creating volumetric form without heavy, solid materials.