"The Sculpture Studio I" digital collage by Mick Mather
When traveling, be it near or far, around my own home or in other cities, I'm always looking at old buildings. I see them as live/work spaces and always imagine myself building sculptures inside them. At the same time, I see them as sculptures unto themselves.
In your "structure" series you capture a sense of our simpler Eastern past interpreted through a honed respectful eye. In this work we view the past perfect industrialized Northeast.
John: I'm surrounded by such structures. My one regret is the lack of capital to bring even the least of them back from the brink. So, I'll continue to do it artistically I suppose.
I much prefer the old and worn to the new and sparkly. Old buildings have seem so much more organic for some reason. One day I wish to live in an old barn, my studio above and my husband's motorbikes parked inside on the ground floor...one day...
Lisa Sarsfield: There are many wonderful rehabs of old buildings in my area and I know that those influences are strong. Like you, I love them too and the dream to have a studio in one section and my living space in another continues.
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In another life I was an Arts & Culture consultant specializing in revitalization planning through creative public art projects and programs with Economic & Community Development Departments of towns, villages and cities. In these hard financial times this work is more important than ever and I still accept consultancy inquiries. You can contact me by email at: mickmather@yahoo.com
10 Comments:
I really love the almost ghostly look of this image.
D.Edwards:
Thanks, Dan ... some of the buildings I long for are, indeed, ghosts.
Very cool-looking. At the same time, looks like a midwest building during a duststorm during the dustbowl days.
I believe this is an old store somewhere in Ohio. It was the large windows across the front, top and bottom, that set me to dreaming again. :)
In your "structure" series you capture a sense of our simpler Eastern past interpreted through a honed respectful eye. In this work we view the past perfect industrialized Northeast.
John:
I'm surrounded by such structures. My one regret is the lack of capital to bring even the least of them back from the brink. So, I'll continue to do it artistically I suppose.
For some reason this one reminds me of an old railway station. Seen from the side, of course.
hpy:
All aboard!
I much prefer the old and worn to the new and sparkly. Old buildings have seem so much more organic for some reason. One day I wish to live in an old barn, my studio above and my husband's motorbikes parked inside on the ground floor...one day...
Lisa Sarsfield:
There are many wonderful rehabs of old buildings in my area and I know that those influences are strong. Like you, I love them too and the dream to have a studio in one section and my living space in another continues.
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