After only a few studio visits it is clear that the processes and ways of developing final designs and products for each artist are very different. Today we were lucky enough to visit the shared studio of Helen Britton, Yutaka Minegishi and David Bielander.
In short, David doesn't allow the material to define the piece, rather it is a necessary reaction to fulfil his end goal and design.
Helen Britton is very methodical and researches as she goes to take a product from beginning to end in a very knowing and instructed way, working from her journals, research and scale drawings.
Yutaka Minegishi begins his pieces with no conscious end point, allowing the piece and structure, whether it be curvy or geometric, to reveal itself as he works. Instead of drawing up plans and constructing models he reduces the chosen material(eg. Mammoth tusk, fossilised wood), creating a lot of waste. If Minegishi doesn't like the end result it goes into his reject draw; the mammoth graveyard.
It has become very evident that there is no definable, nor correct way to create. Each artist works in very different ways, resulting in varied styles and creations.
Madison Brookes-Allen
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