I am drawn to the beauty and history of antique sheet music. A lover of literature, I discover much of it in used book stores and flea markets. To me it seems to contain so much love but also speaks of being abandoned and obsolete. I yearned to find new ways to give it life again. I have always been a recycler. I look to use the smallest thing and transform it with effort and care into something whimsical, magical, poetic. To me, each sheet of music is a window into another time and place, with its own unique story and cultural significance. It always speaks of the power music has to celebrate complex thought and art through sound, printed word and playful patterns. My work celebrates this rich heritage while also exploring the ways in which music can serve as a universal language that brings people together and brings to people the opportunity for healing.
My sculptures and two dimensional paintings are a mixture of styles and techniques, weaving papier-mâché together with mosaic and collage techniques. Having worked in many other mediums such as metal and clay there were ways I wanted the paper to yield shapes and patterns. Ornament in architecture and architecture itself have long been great loves of mine, which can be found in my love of structure and pattern creation. I have been influenced by my multicultural background and the many places and people I have encountered throughout my life.
Throughout my work is the idea of the universal language of healing. I believe that art and art making has the power to heal and transform. Music, like art, is a language that transcends cultural and linguistic barriers, and I'm fascinated by the ways in which it can bring people together and create a sense of shared experience and understanding. Through my works, I hope to encourage viewers to embrace the beauty, diversity of different eras these papers come from and to recognize the common love of music humanity has always had. It is a way to acknowledge and welcome our ancestors back into our hearts.
My archive is always growing as I am the grateful recipient of many, many donations. I was given a box of player piano rolls by a friend and have been keen to experiment with them in different ways. This piece was a full commitment to them and the use of margins for the entire piece. I hoped to convey the gentleness of the place I live in. The vast amount water that enters from the Digby neck (28 feet of tide daily) comes in in such a gentle way through the tiny opening to the mighty Bay of Fundy (1km wide) that it reminds me of a lung of the ocean quietly filled and emptied. By limiting the visible staffing- some of it can be seen through the player piano music in the sky- I focused on using the various paper discolourations as an echo of the flow of time. The darker the paper the higher the acid content.
The quiet I feel in this piece reminds me of the quiet I seek by the water and the meandering paths that caress its shores.
rcyc
I am drawn to the beauty and history of antique sheet music. A lover of literature, I discover much of it in used book stores and flea markets. To me it seems to contain so much love but also speaks of being abandoned and obsolete. I yearned to find new ways to give it life again. I have always been a recycler. I look to use the smallest thing and transform it with effort and care into something whimsical, magical, poetic. To me, each sheet of music is a window into another time and place, with its own unique story and cultural significance. It always speaks of the power music has to celebrate complex thought and art through sound, printed word and playful patterns. My work celebrates this rich heritage while also exploring the ways in which music can serve as a universal language that brings people together and brings to people the opportunity for healing.
My sculptures and two dimensional paintings are a mixture of styles and techniques, weaving papier-mâché together with mosaic and collage techniques. Having worked in many other mediums such as metal and clay there were ways I wanted the paper to yield shapes and patterns. Ornament in architecture and architecture itself have long been great loves of mine, which can be found in my love of structure and pattern creation. I have been influenced by my multicultural background and the many places and people I have encountered throughout my life.
Throughout my work is the idea of the universal language of healing. I believe that art and art making has the power to heal and transform. Music, like art, is a language that transcends cultural and linguistic barriers, and I'm fascinated by the ways in which it can bring people together and create a sense of shared experience and understanding. Through my works, I hope to encourage viewers to embrace the beauty, diversity of different eras these papers come from and to recognize the common love of music humanity has always had. It is a way to acknowledge and welcome our ancestors back into our hearts.
My archive is always growing as I am the grateful recipient of many, many donations. I was given a box of player piano rolls by a friend and have been keen to experiment with them in different ways. This piece was a full commitment to them and the use of margins for the entire piece. I hoped to convey the gentleness of the place I live in. The vast amount water that enters from the Digby neck (28 feet of tide daily) comes in in such a gentle way through the tiny opening to the mighty Bay of Fundy (1km wide) that it reminds me of a lung of the ocean quietly filled and emptied. By limiting the visible staffing- some of it can be seen through the player piano music in the sky- I focused on using the various paper discolourations as an echo of the flow of time. The darker the paper the higher the acid content.
The quiet I feel in this piece reminds me of the quiet I seek by the water and the meandering paths that caress its shores.
rcyc