04.10.21
My work is currently feeling all over the place and although I want to focus it down eventually I think that working on a lot at once will help me pick methods/materials up that I can ultimately use in a more developed way. I'm currently working on ideas surrounding ampullae/vessels in ceramic and latex, cilice/twine work playing with action, oil work looking at aroma and my studio space piece looking to record and archive. I am gaining a lot from all these different projects and am continuing to develop ideas for others such as more ceramic and textile based work.
I want to challenge myself by experimenting with work that is clean and neat as its something I usually avoid as I feel it restricts me but I feel it will help me expand how I use material and create work. I want to do this by using some of the pattern work I've been developing as apart or other projects but in ceramic form. I've looked at the ceramic work of Julia Haft-Candell because of how she uses pattern and form in an modern and contemporary way.
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| Julia Haft-Candell The Infinite 2017 |
Julia Haft-Candell
Julia Haft-Candell (b. 1982, Oakland, CA) is a Los Angeles-based artist working in ceramic sculpture. Haft-Candell’s unique sculptures are inspired by intuition informed by her surroundings, education, interests, background and history. Of course, there are some non-intuitive decisions that she makes, like structural plans or choosing types of clay, but Julia considers her Southern California-based studio to be an alternate dimension where intuition rules. Drawing was a regular activity throughout this artist’s childhood, and through that passion, she enrolled in serious art classes in high school. Julia always knew she wanted to study art and excelled an amazing ceramics program in college and that’s where she first started using clay in her artwork. Using clay felt like she could not only make drawings in 3D, but also exercise the extensive process, science, surprises, and community that surrounds this practice.
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| Julia Haft-Candell Alumni 2016 |