Monday, August 22, 2011

Kari Smith - woodfired sculpture


When two huge boxes arrived on my doorstep, one not much smaller than a dorm fridge, I knew I was in for a surprise. After taking off layer after layer of precisely cut foam, I uncovered this phenomenal sculpture from my friend, Kari Smith. It's days like this where I love photographing other artists' work.

As much as I would like to say about this sculpture and its maker, I will stop and hope instead that the image speaks for itself.

4 comments:

Linda Starr said...

Oh boy it does, I love it, the colors, textures, and the shape.

Alex Solla said...

Thanks Linda. Trying to photograph other artists' work is always so much fun and such a challenge! Kari's work just blows my mind. I want to do more details of this piece when my schedule opens up next month.

Linda Starr said...

So glad your photography is taking off, I came back for another look and I like the lighting on the piece, a soft glow on that red, yummy.

Alex Solla said...

Thanks again Linda. Most of what I have been shooting this summer has been for artists. My plan is to reach out to artists trying to get into better shows or who are redoing their websites or social media sites... in hopes of improving their visibility and increasing the value of their work. So many potters that I know really have no idea how unique their work is! My goal is to get them the attention they deserve. So far, so good. Three of the potters I work with have made massive strides this year. One got into Craft Boston, one got into the Philly Museum Show, and they all have new websites or new FB pages and/blogs. Nice!