My inspiration comes from nature and is a prominent factor in the creation of my pieces. I pull inspiration from little things, big things, and all that lies between. My interest is focused less on final product and more on process. It’s about connecting with my materials. My initial notion stems from inspiration and begins to take form, piece by piece. Materials are added, they are taken away; the materials may be broken, changed and reassembled. It is my belief that when art can be interpreted for what it is that the viewer does not spend as much time with it. When process is left and a sense of mystery is created, a viewer may spend more time investigating the piece. The purpose is not to have an end product of perfection but one that invites you to ponder the methods used to create it.
I think this goes better with what you have already started to work on rather than talking about how the wood in its natural form is the prominent source of your inspiration. Good work on re writing!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.adagallery.com/Morgan_Herrin.html here is the artist Rainey told me you should take a look at.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback! I'm not sure if Rainey had already suggested Morgan Herrin to me last semester or if I had already found the work on my own but I have seen it before. It's nice to go back and revisit it though...and that work is all laminated wood as well. Just goes to show that laminated wood does not have to look like "boards glued together" and I have no intention of mine looking like that in the end.
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