After cutting lots of paper and cardboard templates, finally I can start making. I am starting with the tallest piece as (I'm thinking) that one will be the biggest challenge:
My plan seems to be working well so far:
A beginner’s guide to constructing the universe-The mathematical archetypes of nature, art and science, states: “In ancient Greece the advanced students ... who were engaged in deep studies of natural science and self-understanding where called mathematekoi, “those who studied all”. The word mathema signified “learning in general, to be aware, to awaken”. If there is such a thing as mathematekoi ( a curious one) using clay as a medium...I am one. I will start in 2012 with making of Gateway 21
After cutting lots of paper and cardboard templates, finally I can start making. I am starting with the tallest piece as (I'm thinking) that one will be the biggest challenge:
My plan seems to be working well so far:
How does a sculpture start? For me, it starts with the inner search, “brainstorming”, listening to the inner dialogue, rummaging through the thoughts, ideas, images… picking them up and examining them…. are they good, suitable, interesting, worthwhile, achievable…. what do I want to say and how do I want to say it…..
And slowly, from that soup of chaos a concept starts emerging.
It takes time.
This one started with the framing of the space; ellipses reminiscent of the galaxies:
Sculpture by the Sea is an amazing event. This year it celebrates
its 20th birthday at Cottesloe, Western Australia. It has an older
sister event at Bondi (check David Handley’s SxS story here).
Previously I have applied and participated in 5 SxS
exhibitions in Cottesloe and 2 in Bondi.
This year I had the honour to be invited to participate at
the big “20” at Cottesloe, and without that invitation this sculpture would not
exists, I would not push myself to and over the limits to transform the
intangible into the tangible.
If you are in Perth WA, come and see the exhibition. It has
an enormous creative energy and it nurtures and supports many local, national
and international creatives and artists. Not only the exhibiting artists, but
also the tour guides, educators, volunteers and site crew. Most of them are
artists themselves. See you soon at Cottesloe!
Emergence is currently exhibited at Venice art biennale
Personal Structures - Reflections exhibition by the European Cultural Centre
23.4-27.11 2022
in Palazzo Mora
Here is a video work by Aliesha Mafrici
Emergence Beneath the Surface:
filmed in ClayMake Studio
My new work: Emergence is finished and ready to leave the studio. Today I will show you a few images of the finished work, and later on I will share behind the scenes and work in progress shots. For those interested, the work will be wall mounted. It is 3.3 m wide and 1.7 m tall. It is mostly wheel-thrown and fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln.
My work is largely inspired by microscopic images of pollens and
planktons, corals and natural structures.
There is such diversity, rhythm, playfulness of form in those tiny
objects, but what intrigues me most is the abundance of little individual
variations, complexity of the form and their beauty.
To me those forms symbolize life. Universal life.
I play with the idea that natural objects on different scales share the
similarities and visual language we intuitively recognize and respond to: we are made of the same materials and share
the same origins and the environment. All living organisms on the planet are
intricately connected.
In this work, I am
exploring the transition between order and disorder, process of change and
transformation, edge of chaos as a creative force. I am referencing complex
adaptive systems – such as ecosystems, societies, and economies – systems that
maintain themselves between randomness and consistency where they can somehow
use both in order to configure and reconfigure themselves, evolving to become
more complex.
“But understanding
emergence has always been about giving up control, letting the system govern
itself as much as possible, letting it learn from the footprints. We have come
far enough in that understanding to build small-scale systems for our
entertainment and edification, and to appreciate more thoroughly the emergent
behaviour that already exists at every scale of our lived experience.”
Steven Johnson,
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software