Paul Barker
Like many people, I pick up interesting rocks. If they seem to suggest a miniature mountain or landscape, I add a little model railroad scenery and display them. After congratulating myself on inventing a new art form, I discovered that the Japanese have been doing this for hundreds of years under the name SUI SEKI, which translates as “water rocks.” It came to Japan via Korea where it’s called “Susok,” but originated in China, as “Shang-Sek” about 2,000 years ago! So much for my originality.
Jodi Bova
Jodi Bova’s body of work, ‘solder art,’ depicts the contradictory relationship between human emotion and artificiality. Ms. Bova’s use of low-relief figurative sculpture and minimalist paintings synthesize human experience with the rigidity of solder. Ms. Bova’s ‘solder art’ juxtaposes our fragile relationship with life and our enduring quest to manipulate it – thus, depicting the nature of the ever growing presence of our technological, scientific, and industrial advancements.
Julie Whitehead Holdsworth
I am inspired by all materials, combining materials, color combinations, patterns, textures, and dimensions. I wish to set a stage, tell a story, keep the imagery fresh and full of energy, whether it is the richness and depth of oil paint, the plasticity of sculpting with clay, or combining found objects in new ways.
Roy Koerner
The artist, Roy Koerner, discovered this fun and unique medium quite by accident… in his lunch bag! One day, about to throw another banana peel away, he was struck by its natural beauty and promptly pinned the peel to his office wall (artists never throw anything away) and went back to making ads.
Doug Kovacs
Born in the United States in 1973. Doug Kovacs grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, playing with Star Wars figures, then GI-Joe, and later graduating to Dungeons and Dragons and other RPGs (which he continues to play to this day).
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