♪♪ -My work is process driven.
Everything I do is finding a different process
to create a pattern. ♪♪
That's why my-my last show
called Pareidolia
because it's that tendency to perceive a specific
or meaningful image in random visual patterns.
I'm really drawn to organic pattern,
the kind of pattern that's created from natural forces
on the elements. (air blowing through tube)
I use wind,
gravity
and temperature primarily. (hair dryer blows)
So these natural forces are going to
they inherently produce these organic
patterns, might look like mycelium,
might look like waves or rays of sunshine
through water or Earth from above.
I'm really trying to
observe and understand the nature of a material
and then exploit those characteristics.
So glass is flat.
It's impermeable and it's translucent.
And then I've been playing with paper a lot lately, too,
because it has a whole different quality.
It's surprising how much this dye will migrate.
It's very, very fluid.
And so then I'm trying to
to corral it
or spread it across.
I'm always kind of choosing
whether I want to
move with what is or do I want to,
you know, impose my will upon it.
Let's see if I can get it to do something else.
♪♪ You know,
unlike with a paint brush or traditional
mark making tools, I'm not adding a line.
The air actually subtracts color.
It's pushing it away.
So I'm just I start pushing that color back and forth.
Essentially, it's kind of like this this dialog
or trialogue, I guess, between the materials
and the process.
And myself, I'm watching and seeing what's happening,
manipulating it and just trying to get it to behave,
which it never does.
But, you know, that's it's kind of this funny balance
between trying to control it and letting go
and just watching and seeing it surprise me.
It always surprises me.
One thing always leads to the next, the next.
And it's hard to get out of there
because there's always something
right around the corner.
There's always something new.
I want to try.
-Learn more about Wynia and her myriad of beautiful
and eclectic artworks and projects at rhuby.com.
♪♪
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