Artist talks

 

photo with artists: Meredith Laura Lynn and Katie Hargrave 

Momento

 

                                                                                Pond

                                                                Exotic wood, leaves, ink

                                                                            1" x  1/2"

This pocket size sculpture titled, Pond, emerged from one of the purest moments in my childhood that I have carried around with me for over a decade. The memories that had stuck to the crevices in my brain and have nurtured me even now as a young adult was from when I was little, adventurous, and loving of nature. My sister and I had spent much of our time in the first ten years of life at our family pond. A dark green, murky, and quiet pond where the the only noises that you could hear were the frogs croaking, the birds chirping as they would fly back and forth, and the laughter from young girls naive to the world that we were brought into. Here, we would catch hundreds of salamanders and frogs, while our skin would grow to be covered by tiny bug bites and dirt that would build up for weeks on end under our nail beds. I was able to represent this memory through the use of green ink, wood, and real leaves. The largest of the three materials, the wood piece, I used because the pond was surrounded by nature, trees hung over the pond. The leaves that clung to the trees would fall and lie atop the surface of the water, bright colors would appear as patterns on the dark surface. Hence why I covered a portion of the wood with leaves. The leaves in my sculpture thicken and wrap around only one end, this creates an illusion of a bucket, which we would catch the creatures in. These materials work together to create a sense of what felt to be little and viewing nature as a place where magic lived and there was no rush to experience it. 

Experimental Sculpture Collection

Cave Place

Wood, thread, paper, glue, ink. 

Water Fountain Replica

 

Figurative Bust Sculptures

                                                                             Monopoly Man

                                                      Air dry clay, wood, ink, fabric, wire. 

                                                                                           5.5" x 4.5" x 3.5"

The sculpture above titled, Monopoly Man, is inspired by the capitalist society in which the white rich and powerful men sit at an unreachable platform and control each middle to low class American in extreme measures that go unnoticeable and under-discussed. The rich, powerful man is portrayed through detailed symbols that reference the monopoly man in the game, Monopoly. He is a sign of power, capitalism, he takes and takes until there there is little money to survive off of. The monopoly man devours the average American.  The average American in this piece is painted red, white, and blue, they are dangling by a thin wire over the monopoly man's mouth. 

Cabinets of Curiosity

  

everything is not what it seems

wood, air-dry clay, ink, mirrors, wire

17" x 8" x 8"

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The sculpture shown above titled, everything is not what it seems, showcases a surprise element through the rather simplistic bird house-like cabinet that changes with the opening of the doors. From the outside, the cabinet is wooden, painted black, with only windows/handles that reveal detail and change. One will peek at the round openings to question the faces, appearing as figures with human anatomy. When the doors are opened, the entire mood shifts. The two "people" are actually a crow and a cricket, enveloped in a white room, with mirrors lining the walls. The inspiration behind this work stems from greek mythology, and more specifically centaurs in greek mythology stories.