Thesis
Sculpture & practice: finding a way here and now
Washington State University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101094
Abstract
This thesis is intended to supplement the body of work shown in my MFA thesis show. I have been using found objects as a starting point for making sculpture. Visual aesthetics, texture, and history all influence what objects I select for use in my work. All objects have a story behind them of how they came to be what and where they are. I have an affinity for natural materials but also am interested in the effects of time and disuse of manmade objects. I discover interesting objects and then change them to be something else; creating a fiction that enhances what was already there. In my practice collecting and craftsmanship are both ways of relating to objects and ascribing value to them. Interaction with my immediate environment is also integral to my work: both the found environment and the one I can create. I am interested in the fictions created by art in general and in my work in particular.
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Details
- Title
- Sculpture & practice
- Creators
- Amber M. Kovac
- Contributors
- Squeak Meisel (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Fine Arts, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525116601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis