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Conversation in Clay


Kristine Poole

Here is a video of a talk/ demo I did last month at EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM. Among many other topics, the conversation touches on working out concepts, hollow sculpting figures, problem solving, a photographic process of working with models and how I choose the sculptural hairstyles and the words that I inscribe on my sculptures to relate to the overall idea. It was a very interactive event, with the attendees contributing mightily…

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How Do You Feel?


Vanessa Lemen

July 18, 2024 - In some different conversations recently, I’ve been talking with friends about what we’re working on and what to create when we’re feeling all kinds of different feelings and not really knowing how to express those feelings. The first thing I personally tend to gravitate towards is to get out of my head about those things and allow myself to feel them in the art-making itself. I like to use a creative session to purge and let whatever come out that wants to surface and pour out of me, to not over-think it, to just let it happen and keep going. That helps in many ways, and I often can use time later to observe the art I create in those sessions to be attentive to what I see and feel from those pieces I’ve made.…

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