Daily Art Muse

gosia’s polymer portraits and boxes

Illustrations, three dimensional polymer clay portraits and a charming array of polymer jewelry boxes make up the portfolio of Toronto artist Gosia. The young artist, who was born in Poland, has lived in Canada since she was 12 years old and she has been making art almost as long.  There is a certain quiet calm [...]

sharon church: death and renewal

Bone, horn and wood, materials that were once alive and are now dead, find new life as Sharon Church carves them into forms inspired by nature.

Forgotten Corsage
Church, Professor of Crafts in The College of Art and Design at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, combines the carvings with forged metal elements. With her [...]

reinhard wöllmer: necessity leads to innovation

Reinhard Wöllmer discovered a new opportunity for his art in 1991 when he could not find drawing paper while traveling in Macedonia.  Eager to work on his paintings, Wöllmer ground up old newspapers and created his own paper – an act that gave birth to the sculptures he creates today.

Focusing on simple forms and the [...]

bruce marks’ totems

South African born glass artist Bruce Marks, now living in London, credits a recent trip back to his homeland with a marked shift in his current body of work. I first saw Marks’ sculpture at SOFA NY 2010, where he was represented by Zest Gallery and was immediately drawn to this giraffe head (scroll down [...]

alexandra deutsch’s paper sculpture

Drawing inspiration from marine life, fossils and exotic plants, Germany’s Alexandra Deutsch molds, folds and pigments paper until the transformation from idea to sculpture is complete.  I see deeply textured surface treatments, radiating lines, color combinations that PoP! and rich ideas for jewelry in this work.  What do you see?
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