ARTIST STATEMENT
Through mixed media sculpture I work to access something beyond our concrete world and to find meaning and comfort as I do so. Recent themes have included healing, refuge and ritual.
I often work with multiple objects. Multiples highlight both changeability and commonality. As an artistic strategy, they offer an opportunity for experimentation within a structure, for stillness with many variations. As a visual strategy, they calm a busy eye. In my most recent work I am concentrating on a more structured strategy of planned sequences.
Responding to materials often drives my work. Handmade paper is an important medium for me, but I also use fabrics, bamboo, wire, plastics, aluminum cans and shells, among many materials. I often challenge myself with these materials, choosing, for example, to use only what I have at hand, or to use only red materials, or to use only soft things.
© Laurie LeBreton