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Linda Welch |
Textile Sculpture |
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ARTIST STATEMENT, diagenesis series
Like sediment building up over time, this series
has emerged after several years of creating. The work explores what
seems to be an inherent human---call it desire, need or drive--to
wrap, to bundle, to protect, to contain, to obscure, or to enhance an
object or being. Each bundle has a core component surrounded by
multiple layers of material that comprise the outer envelope. Layers
provide support and strength. Each piece balances between comfort or
confinement, secrecy or exposure. Each has it's own voice.
My work is driven by process. Raw material is gathered, selected and manipulated to create further material. It is combined, it is put aside, it is reworked until the final piece is completed. It may be immediate or years in the making. It is the act of involvement with my materials that ultimately dictates the final form. The work is at once very personal and yet very anonymous. |
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