Thursday, August 18, 2011

Artist Alert

As you all know, I am teaching a new class this year: 3-D Art. 
I am definitely a little nervous about this because I was never too good with sculpture myself. 
However, I am excited to discover and learn along with the students. 
I have been hunting for contemporary sculptors that I think will interest them, 
and by golly I think I have found a killer artist. 
Mary Button Durrell is a San Francisco based artist and creates everything out a paper and wheat paste. 
Her abstract, organic structures are hand built by layering piece upon piece. 
The end result is nothing short of awe-inspiring, beautiful work.
Many of her sculptures are reminiscent of cellular membranes, skeletal structures, and underwater organisms.



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