Victoria on Apr 24 2009 | Filed under: 1992, Hughes, Uncategorized
Tory Hughes, Orrery Neckpiece, 1992
Polymer and mixed media
Why are we artists, anyway? For me, this career is the most flexible and marvelous -as in ‘full of marvels’- I could imagine.
What other way of life encourages me to make such a marvelous thing as this?
There’s a spinning comet in the upper left, mounted on miniature [...]
Elise Winters on Apr 17 2009 | Filed under: 1996, Voulkos
Pier Voulkos, Star Fruit Bead Necklace, 1996
One more from my collection to enjoy while I’m away.
Rachel Carren on Apr 10 2009 | Filed under: 1998, Critical Commentary, Ebendorf, Ford, Forlano
Ford/Forlano, Big Bead Necklace, 1998
Throughout time, artists have found countless sources of inspiration. Sometimes it comes from the world around them; the song of a bird, the curve of a face, or the color of a flower have all inspired art. Other times, an idea springs from something that is already integrated into an artist’s [...]
Victoria on Apr 03 2009 | Filed under: 1990's, Design, Hughes
Tory Hughes, Armillary Neckpiece, 1992
Polymer and mixed media
I believe most art is a snapshot of answers we’ve found in that moment. My more meaningful pieces are all illustrations of my current set of solutions, like anatomical drawings from another era, beautiful even when superseded or augmented by more information.
All of us have Grand Ideas [...]