Making waves, the rise and fall of art
I’m one of those people who speak with their hands. That makes it tricky to work on a lift, while explaining my art installation at the same time. But thinking […]
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Hot glue art installation in progress
Lucky me — my assistant and gallery attendant — Holly Hawton is a CWU senior majoring in art. Her genuine delight with the artwork’s wall shadows lifted my spirits. She […]
EMPTY GALLERY, QUEASY GUT
I snapped pix this morning while walking across campus to the Spurgeon Art Gallery from the conference center where I’m staying. The stillness on campus is deceiving—the calm before the […]
TALES FROM MY KITCHEN SINK
Here’s what I am doing this summer. Standing long hours at the kitchen sink. Drizzling miles of monofilament with hot glue. I need just over 2,000 strands for my upcoming […]
ART INSTALLATION FLYING HIGH
My rigging hardware is a DIY mix of dowels, steel wire, rings, swivels and gaskets. Trying do this on the cheap has been a challenge. Most pressing was the need […]
SEWING MACHINE AS POWER TOOL FOR SCULPTOR
Truly astonishing. That I am using a sewing machine to create outdoor sculpture. I essentially flunked Home Economics — back in the day. Until now, I’ve only used my ancient […]
Line as body, body as landscape
Birth. Passion. Fire. I browsed the web for the etymology of red. The Portuguese word is vermelho, which comes from the Latin “vermiculus,” meaning “little worm.” My, how my little worm […]
First came bones, now the tissue
I never imagined an old theme of mine — body as landscape — would appear in my art again. But surely, here it is, as though it needed to have […]
Art studio among straw bales
Makeshift, but functional. Perfect, really. This is my open-air studio in the Red Barn, where I am able to do my contrapting out of the wind and still breath fresh […]
Out of the blue, a line of red
To draw a line in the grass. Impulse, no forethought. Out of nowhere, came an idea yesterday for a second outdoor sculpture. It happened so fast. Snooping in the sheds, I […]
Pulling knots atop a ladder
It’s the sort of thing a mother would say never do. Straddling a rickety wood ladder propped against a ten-foot post on a hill. Using a power jigsaw to pop […]
Posthole digging as artistic pursuit
Here’s my artistic collaborator, preparing the hillside for the installation. Steve Streets, all-around handyman/contractor who knows how to make just about anything work and build just about anything, too. Once the holes were […]
Magic carpet ride in the clouds
Inch by inch, row by row. Interstitial: Between Earth and Sky is coming to life. It’s like watching a garden grow, ever so slowly. Though it seems more like a […]
First day jitters: new blog, new art installation
It’s been said many times (sung even) … “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.” Today, I arrived at the University of Wyoming Art Museum to […]
Gerri Sayler Artist 