Art Honors Society recently took a trip up to Pittsburg State University to listen to a lecture by Ariel Bowman about her work being exhibited in the Art Departments Gallery. Very well done lecture. I really loved watching the evolution, pun intended, of her work and how it all becomes interrelated. We spent about an hour listening to her lecture on her work and her influences. Combining the theme of a circus, something that is disappearing from our culture, with these prehistoric creatures that are already past creates a powerful image. Personally, I love the muted palette of colors and the textures of these creatures. Many of the circus features look as if these beasts have been wearing these garments since the time they would have existed.
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| Borrowed from www.arielbowman.com |
Each creature has so much detail and texture that you can’t help but feel the weight these massive animals would have had. The beasts have incredible detail and little rewards for those people that take the time to inspect sculptures in detail. She has an amazing ability to bring these brutes to life with her ceramics.
She uses steel pipes, used for plumbing, as an understructure during the building process. She says she prefers solid building these and then carving out the middle before firing. Not being a 3D person myself it would be better to ask her yourself at www.arielbowman.com for a more detailed process of how she makes these.
Ariel was very receptive to questions and interaction. Which is great because one of our NAHS students was very curious about the work. There was a great back and forth between Holly and Ariel about her artwork. This is exactly what I want to see when I bring these students to these kind of events. Ariel even encouraged Holly to contact her through Facebook or email and seemed very approachable if Holly had any questions in the future.
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| Ariel and Holly talking the talk |
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