Taylor Wright BA Studio Art
Chance Encounter
Found electrical components, forged steel, patina, electrical wire, fishing wire
Approx. 9”x9”x20”
2019
Images from The Petri Dish
Risograph-printed zine
7.5”x6”
2019
My art is divided evenly between two mediums, these being sculptural metalworking and printmaking. My metalworking is focused mainly around the transformation of found objects, usually of a mechanical or electrical nature, into insect-like creatures. I start by using these found objects as a base for the creature’s body, transforming its shape and form into something recognizable by the viewer as a living being. On the other hand, my printmaking deals with imagination and fictional creatures, but in a more narrative sense.
In this way, the overarching theme of all my work, regardless of material, is clear; I am creating beings, imbued with personality and purpose, out of the inanimate and the blank, and I am creating them to make a shared imaginative space where both myself and the audience can play.
