BRONZE CASTING: THE LOST WAX PROCESS

SERIES SUMMER ARTS AT RED DEER POLYTECHNIC 2023/2024

One of my main focuses is on soft sculptural forms and transcending my work through material and corporeality. I tend to utilize materials traditionally associated with women and craft, however, I am thrilled at the opportunity to continue to learn how to translate my work in a more industrious material.

I am at a point in my career where I would like to make work that could stand time, be collected, and would like to understand more about public art. As mentioned briefly above, I work in textiles, pantyhose, knitting, crochet and silicone, yarns and threads. The materials I use offer texture, organic shapes and support the themes around my work in a way that some industrial materials cannot. At times, I feel limited material-wise. Most of my work is fragile, soft and must be kept indoors. I’m motivated to search for ways I can be uncompromising in my practice, while creating durable, lasting work. Being able to participate in this course has broadened the scope of my practice, where and how I can show work. I feel like there is something special in taking an object that is temporary and translating it into a material that will last a lifetime.

I am working on getting some great photographs of my growing woven bronze series.

This work was supported by the Edmonton Arts Council in 2023 and by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts in 2024