For my second mentor artist, I looked to the works of Nancy Crawford. I was drawn into her work purely because of the physical outcome. The transparent layers, carved writing with inlayed pigment is similar to my process. Although our themes differ, I was hoping to have some insight or inspiration to which I could add to my work. Right now, I am struggling with cohesive outcomes with the line work and Pan Pastel under layer.
However, she has a series of work that I think Brette would find interesting. It is called The Detritus Institute. Crawford describes the series as:
an imaginary organization whose function is the collection and preservation of the debris, waste and scraps of daily life. All of the objects share the patina of age, decay or use, a visual reminder of the constant passage of time and its effects on things – which I find captivating
Although our conceptual component to our work is different, the images I am attaching by her are very similar to my current body of work. I would like to try some of her approaches so that I can cohesively unify my layers like Crawford does. She also has a TedTalks that I watched on creativity. I thought her point on being in the moment was very interesting. I think it is what we are trying to do with the Studio class. Having our attention on our studio practice, and not being distracted by all things around us. However, when there is so much to be accomplished, my mind struggles with this. It was an interesting point of view.