outside inside printmaking: Art of Materials

jLooking at how artists and designers use natural or man made materials can influence how we interpret and create interventions in our own work and viewpoints. Here are a few makers:

Exhibition
that demonstrates an inventive use of natural resources
http://www.camdenartscentre.org/whats-on/view/exh-25

Adrain Berg's
perspective drawings of landcapes and rural environments.
http://adrianberg.com/gallery/watercolour/

Lindsey Fox
Pattern made with Ginkgo leaves
http://society6.com/LindseyFox

Gaylord Schanilec
The River is a study of the 22-mile length of the upper Mississippi River known as Lake Pepin, or Pool Number 4 by the Army Corps of Engineers. Using block printing & engraving.
http://www.midnightpapersales.com/blog/

"I view myself as something of a modern day natural philosopher swimming in the wake of Darwin, or Thoreau".

Michael Johansson 'self contained', 2010
http://www.michaeljohansson.com/works.html

"objects gain their value through the situations in which they are placed - in other words, what defines the value of an object is not the material it is made from or the function it serves, but its position in a context"

(Raw+material=Art, Thames & Hudson)

Zadok Ben-David
http://zadokbendavid.com/portfolio/category/artwork/

His work cross-polluates sculpture (steel) within the natural environment.

...'a metaphor for human behaviour and feeling'

(Raw+material=Art, Thames & Hudson)

Klus Dauven

Reserve graffiti or anti-graffiti

Removing dirt and debris from the environment via pressure wash.

Rosemarie Fiore
http://www.rosemariefiore.com/