What is it about seedpods that capture our collective attention? Why are artists motivated – compelled even – to interpret and recreate them?
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I think seed pods are fascinating (and pollon grains, magnified) because they are efficient, compact, geometric forms of infinite variety and elegance. They have wonderful texture and pattern, both simple and complex.
As for the ring, I can envision taking slices of bulls-eye canes made from opaque and translucent clays and embedding them in clear liquid clay (probably Kato) then blasting with a heat gun immediately after baking, to maybe get a similar effect…
The images of Karli’s work took my breath away…
I’ve long felt that seeds and pods are something we’re drawn to because they represent life, ‘aliveness’, and birth…. Karli’s words were perfect – ‘life energy’