Richard Long
(1945-present)
Long is a English sculptor who travels the world to create his works, or as I would call them mandalas. His work is all about remaking the space he is within and that is something that I can relate to as I make my smaller scale mandalas. Long uses the materials that he finds around him to reshape the environment he is in. Long and I use a lot of the same process although there are different meanings behind our works. "It is where my human characteristics meet the natural forces and patterns of the world, and that is really the subject of my work." -Richard Long
Long is a English sculptor who travels the world to create his works, or as I would call them mandalas. His work is all about remaking the space he is within and that is something that I can relate to as I make my smaller scale mandalas. Long uses the materials that he finds around him to reshape the environment he is in. Long and I use a lot of the same process although there are different meanings behind our works. "It is where my human characteristics meet the natural forces and patterns of the world, and that is really the subject of my work." -Richard Long
Andy Goldsworthy
(1956-present)
Goldsworthy is a British sculptor who works with nature as a whole. His materials consist of leaves, flowers, and rocks. He also only uses tools found in nature including his hands and sometimes teeth. When thinking about this mandala series of mine, I was immediately reminded of the work of Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy uses a constant circular pattern, among other patterns, within his works that give it a mandala look. Goldsworthy is a huge inspiration for my mandalas.
Goldsworthy is a British sculptor who works with nature as a whole. His materials consist of leaves, flowers, and rocks. He also only uses tools found in nature including his hands and sometimes teeth. When thinking about this mandala series of mine, I was immediately reminded of the work of Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy uses a constant circular pattern, among other patterns, within his works that give it a mandala look. Goldsworthy is a huge inspiration for my mandalas.
(1948-present)
Chris Booth uses the word "holism" to describe his work. His work is based on the location of his work. He looks through the history of the land, who lived on it, what events happened there, etc. He wants to show history of the land within his work. He uses materials found locally within the area to complete his work. Prior to research, I did not know about Booth's works, but his process sparked my interest. If I continue with this mandala seasons maybe finding out the history of the location could inspire me in some way.
Chris Booth uses the word "holism" to describe his work. His work is based on the location of his work. He looks through the history of the land, who lived on it, what events happened there, etc. He wants to show history of the land within his work. He uses materials found locally within the area to complete his work. Prior to research, I did not know about Booth's works, but his process sparked my interest. If I continue with this mandala seasons maybe finding out the history of the location could inspire me in some way.
Jackie Brookner
(1945-present)
Jackie Brookner is not only an artist, but a writer and educator. She works on projects to help water filtrating systems and ecosystems. Her work varies between a steel structure to help filter water to a giant tongue that preserves an ecosystem within the sculpture. Her sculptures show that nature can go through its cycle in a healthy way. Although Brookner doesn't focus on mandalas, she shows a process of nature within her projects. If I had the chance to continue with these mandalas maybe there is a way to show the process of nature and preserve it. It also gives me the idea of not putting plants into my mandalas, but possibly leaving it be and seeing if insects and other animals adventure into it.
Jackie Brookner is not only an artist, but a writer and educator. She works on projects to help water filtrating systems and ecosystems. Her work varies between a steel structure to help filter water to a giant tongue that preserves an ecosystem within the sculpture. Her sculptures show that nature can go through its cycle in a healthy way. Although Brookner doesn't focus on mandalas, she shows a process of nature within her projects. If I had the chance to continue with these mandalas maybe there is a way to show the process of nature and preserve it. It also gives me the idea of not putting plants into my mandalas, but possibly leaving it be and seeing if insects and other animals adventure into it.
Gloria Lamson
This female contemporary artists works with several different mediums within nature to try and show the forces of nature; water, wind, gravity, fire, light, and time. Her goal is to create interactions between the two worlds or two natures (something I'm familiar with). Her work is to attempt a connection between the worlds around us. She's interested in bringing "the inside out and the outside in." "I practice a way to mark the territory of my questions." Lamson is creating mandala-like work to hold a connection and this can connect to the sand mandalas in a way. I really enjoy her idea of showing the forces of nature, I tried to show that within my mandalas and would love to continue to try in different ways. Her work inspires me to go back to previous themes of mine and alter them.