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"It is more important to the artist to reproduce her emotional state in a distillation of the reality she had experienced than to record an actual situation with photographic precision." Andrea
Kettenmann I am an artist because I have always been driven to work with my hands - driven to create objects of art, utility, culinary delight or botanical beauty. I am happiest when I am creating and embellishing life. My artwork is an exploration of themes in history, symbolism, music, dance, spirituality, feminism and self. Each piece becomes a fusion of what I feel, think, read and experience transformed into the tangible. Body Series is
a group of abstracted figures created mainly with steel wire, fabrics
and/or handmade paper. Most of the figures are either convex or concave
in nature. The convex forms symbolize the embodiment of a current self,
feeling or event awaiting the metamorphosis to another level. Concave
symbolizes the remnants of a former self, feeling or event that has
changed and moved on, leaving behind a shell of memories.
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All images and text copyright © 2002-2008 Laura Schoonover.