The idea of multiples whether in many simple forms or in resounding curves is something that has caught my interest due to the fact that if you use the same simple form over and over you can create something so complex and beautiful. The piece above by Angela Cunningham is a great example of this. the flower like quality of this would be lost completely if each piece were viewed as an individual but all together they create this beautiful repetition and symmetry.
Kim Westad has gone about this in a different way taking a more minimal approach. I see the curves that she uses as multiples though how they play and bounce your eye around keeping it excited. Also the way she uses the curves in her pieces makes the eye not only want to look at it but I feel like it makes you want to walk around the whole thing and view it from all directions.
Lilach Lotan's piece
Lotus has this aura about it that I just love. The way she has put her petal shaped elements together is an idea that I have been wanting to work with for a while in both ceramic and fibers. It should be interesting to see what will happen when I actually get around to trying this.
Li Xiaofeng captured my attention in the way that he mixed ceramic and fashion by taking shards of ceramics and making them into clothing. The best part of all about it is that as you can see the one dress is actually wearable although it might not be all that comfortable I still find it really amazing. This offers me a new way of looking at ceramics and teaches me not to think about it in the original conventional ways.
Atelier Versace made this gorgeous dress that has some of the most beautiful reacurring curves that I have seen in a garment. And then they are even more activated by the sleeve collar that mirrors the curves on the bottom.
Tara Donovan on the other hand has created a curvy sea like structure from Styrofoam cups. The way that they are placed together makes a coral reef like structure out of many of the same simple mechanical elements.
Maria Yasko's shelf is a great example of the marriage of organic and mechanical that I am looking for. It has both elements very strongly and yet one does not seem separate from the other. and if one or the other were missing it wouldn't seem whole.
The idea of multiples whether in many simple forms or in resounding curves is something that has caught my interest due to the fact that if you use the same simple form over and over you can create something so complex and beautiful. The piece above by Angela Cunningham is a great example of this. the flower like quality of this would be lost completely if each piece were viewed as an individual but all together they create this beautiful repetition and symmetry.
Kim Westad has gone about this in a different way taking a more minimal approach. I see the curves that she uses as multiples though how they play and bounce your eye around keeping it excited. Also the way she uses the curves in her pieces makes the eye not only want to look at it but I feel like it makes you want to walk around the whole thing and view it from all directions.
Lilach Lotan's piece Lotus has this aura about it that I just love. The way she has put her petal shaped elements together is an idea that I have been wanting to work with for a while in both ceramic and fibers. It should be interesting to see what will happen when I actually get around to trying this.
