An Exhibition
My friend and fellow artist
Dayna Collins ask me last year
to be part of this unique show, I jumped on it. She also invited assemblage artists
Shelly Caldwell,
Stephanie Brockway and
Jennifer Campbell to join in and display
their work. We are all very excited to be seen in this setting by the students of the university and the surrounding communities.
My piece incorporates my love of clay sculpture and the
assemblage of found objects. I seem to not be able to create a sculpture
without a story popping into my head. Here is the partial story of the Scrap Man.
“He has been picking scraps for most of his life but this is
the first time he has ever found a creature needing so much of him”.
“She sat very still as the wagon creaked down the wooded
trail, watching and waiting for it to happen”.
“His concerns were with the woodland creature, he knew he
could protect her through the night and the dark hours but how could he quiet
her fears”.
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I now have the urge to continue the story maybe create a few
more characters. I might need to go out and collect more assemblage parts….oh
dear.
We have created a web page with each artists bio if you would like to read more about us.Just click on the photo above.
One aspect that I love about assemblage art is that each
piece is one of a kind. The five artists participating share the same love of
hunting down “sacred scraps”. We all have been hunting for many years and as
one could imagine we have accumulated an impressive stash. For me some items I
have found are rare and precious to me creating a little problem, I tell myself
it’s the start to a small collection and I should never use them……there’s the problem.
The demensions of this piece are - Scrap Man 14" tall -Woodland Girl 10" tall - the entire piece is 23" long.
Opening night and reception is Friday February 1st , 4:30-6:30 pm. For directions and information, please visit
sacred-scraps.com
