I attended Kate Nelson’s Artist lecture on March 27th. Her work was very inspiring and different. It was interesting to see how she went from creating bell jars in her undergraduate years, to creating funk art, then creating “dust collector” objects, and finally going back to creating vessels. The vessels that she creates now are an intimate size. Her pieces normally start out as one form and then they become two pieces while she is working on them. Her inspiration for her work comes from television stills and scenes from movies. One technique that she used that stood out was her use of a sand blaster to create texture on the forms. The texture in some cases took on the effect of human skin. Also, the amount of time that she spent on each piece by making it absolutely smooth and perfect was astounding. You could tell by just looking at the piece the amount of hours that were put into making it. The way she titled her work also stood out to me. She used song lyrics to title her work. This brought more meaning and emotion to the pieces. Through out the entire lecture I could tell that she was passionate about the work she was creating and that she put a lot of thought into each piece she made.
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AuthorPhotographer. Artist. Equestrian. M.A. in Museum Science and Management. B.F.A. in 2D Studio Art and Photography. Archives
October 2020
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