Lunchtime Lecture 11/3

This was the first lunchtime lecture that I have been able to attend. I was lucky to be able to introduce the artist Noelani Jones before her talk. I found it fascinating to hear about how she makes her art since I have no experience in fiber art.

One of the most interesting parts of her talk was when she talked about her materials and how most of them are handmade by her or are found from discarded waste. I have heard of artists recycling and creating materials to make their art but getting to see the final product was very special. I think it is inspiring and makes me want to see how I could employ a similar strategy in my work even when I use different mediums.

After hearing her lecture, I wonder where she got her interest in fiber art. I have a difficult time deciding on a specific medium I want to focus on and I have hardly considered fiber art. I find her work very interesting and I wonder what pushed her to learn weaving instead of any other medium.

I also wonder what her experience becoming established has been like. I am interested in doing art, at least part-time, in the future, so this is something I would like to know more about.

I love how you can tell her work is inspired by the natural world, rather than just being made from natural materials. She has a piece that looks like a deer and that one really interested me. A lot of the nature she gets inspired from is where she is at the time of making a specific piece. She used the gray and monotone Vermont nature to create pieces with muted color palettes. Where I live is very different from that, so it would inspire my art in the opposite way.