Saturday, March 15, 2008
guest star friday no. 6 (snag installment #3)...carlier makigawa
i know it's saturday, not friday...i've had a busy week!
anyway, this week's guest star friday is carlier makigawa, a metalsmith from australia. i was not familiar with carlier's work until the snag conference where i attended her lecture. her work is composed of cage-like wire stuctures that are clustered or grouped together to form pendants, bracelets, and brooches. the work is light and airy with a subtle strength. the pieces resemble pods, buds, and other organic forms, but because of the rigid metal structure and simple monochrome the pieces become something quite different, other-worldly perhaps. i was particularly interested in her use of negative space because this is something i think about carefully in my own work. she talked about how negative space can suggest that something was there. nice. i enjoyed her talk very much. she began by discussing earlier work and progressed through her career to recent projects which include sculptures and public art.
the top piece is a pendant - 2005–06 from
thanks for reading.
Labels:
amy tavern,
bracelet,
brooch,
carlier makigawa,
sculpture,
SNAG
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