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Jessica Drenk - Artist Statement My work is a response to, and experimentation with, materials. My inspiration comes from nature; I am constantly amazed by the diversity and beauty of the forms and patterns in nature. We often think of our immediate surroundings as being “man-made”, but man-made materials still behave according to the same principles as the natural world—they come from nature. Because nature is based on patterns and principles of organization, I look for man-made materials that might be manipulated according to similar patterns and principles. In my response to these materials—learning how they behave under different circumstances and combinations, discovering how to re-order and pattern them, intuitively pursuing new forms and pushing materials beyond how I would normally think of them—I become connected with the physical properties of the world, as well as the nature of my own mind. In creating the Reading Our Remains collection, I give new life and new form to old books—books which now resemble artifacts, specimens, and fossils. Fact and fiction mingle as the standard book becomes the unexpected: a diversity of forms reflects the variety of subject matter contained within. What remains of the once legible book is form, texture, and the obscured word. Resume Education
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