Maria PHILLIPS – the relationship between the NATURAL & the MAN MADE
« My obsession with time and the aging process has been a recurring theme in my work for the past decade. This preocupation has fueled my interest in non-traditional processes and materials in order to further examine the relationship between the natural and the man made. I incorporate non-precious metals with natural and found objects as well as elements based on industrial and anatomical forms. Manipulation and subversion of these materials results in forms saturated with tension. Repetition of elements produces mass, an outcome that can be both seductive and chaotic. Fabrication and electroforming permit the cultivation of new forms, while various surface enhancements influence the concepts of the work. Continual investigation of new processes and mediums are what compel, stimulate and challenge my creative process. » (exhibition at Velvet da Vinci Gallery)
Maria Phillips (USA) – « Portrait » Brooches (Velvet da Vinci exhibition)
Maria Phillips – « Portrait » Brooch
Maria Phillips – Portrait #6 brooch, 2006 – Gut, plastic, pollen, mica, sterling silver (The David Collection)
brooches made with gut (boyaux) |
Maria Phillips – « Perpetual 3″ – ring
Maria Phillips – brooch
