Saturday, January 22, 2011

reconfiguration: mixed media assemblage


...a few works just finished:
Catherine Nash
Phases

Mixed media assemblage in an antique sewing machine drawer, wood carving, encaustic branch, roots, paper “leaves”, seeds, mirror, nautilus shell.
31”h X 9”w X 6”d
2011


Below:
Catherine Nash

Peephole
Encaustic painting in found weathered
woodworked cylinder with log section

7”h X 8”w X 4.5”d 2011



The work below is still up at the Conrad Wilde Gallery in Tucson
in a show entitled Dislocations thru the 29th of January.

Catherine Nash – Artist Statement

Many are afraid of the night, the dark, the inability to see. But our eyes will adjust and shapes can be discerned. There is a gradation to the night sky, to the depth of space. The turning of day to night is a display of vast beauty, subtle color shifting as the earth moves. The ancients observed the spiral unfolding of nature in all around them, mirrored in the sprouting of a seed, the radiating center of a flower, the proportions of the human form, the relationship of the Earth to the solar system, the turn of a galaxy. The spiral is a profound image of the movement of time and space.

“Sacred geometry charts the unfolding of number in space” -Miranda Lundy

I am inspired by things that make me wonder. I can spend hours staring into the sky, mesmerized by the expansiveness of the sky...pondering on our place in the universe. In my recent work, images of skies are seen through a frame of branches which act as a window frame or a containing matrix. Skies represent the infinite, represent spaciousness. I am interested in discovering a secret and intimate inner space.

Can I unfold that within myself?

Meditation. Quietude.

Sanctitude. Silence.

Trust. Peace.

all images and text ©C.Nash'11


Catherine Nash
The Circle Cannot Be Squared

assemblage with vintage drawer, antique market finds, encaustic,
raku fired ceramics, log, circle rock found in the Four Corners area of northern Arizona.
15”h X 17”w X 9”d 2011


above: full view
below: 2 details



below:
Catherine Nash
From the Outside In
Encaustic painting in found weathered woodworked
board with patinaed redwood shingles.
16”h x 13”w 2011


below:
Catherine Nash

Geometry Lesson
Encaustic painting in an antique drawer;
wax pencil and chalk on old school slate;
page from a vintage Japanese math book;
cross-section of a nautilus shell; antique calipers;
photo of Galaxy 51, oil stick.
17.5”h X 32” w 2010


below: closed, full open and detail

Catherine Nash
Eclipsis Lunar
Mixed media assemblage, encaustic painting in an antique box,
wax pencil and chalk drawing of a ca. 1552 lunar eclipse diagram on an old school slate;
antique copper compact, mica, branches, handmade paper with walnut ink and encaustic.
17.5”h X 25”w (open) X 10”d 2011






below:
Catherine Nash

Reliquary to the Dawn

Mixed media assemblage with vintage drawer, encaustic, nautilus shell, antique market finds, raku fired ceramics, lashed pine needles from the Gila Wilderness, NM gathered at dawn.
14”h X 13”w X 5”d 2011

10 comments:

Marie said...

Your work is magic. Even over the internet we can breathe in the textures of your gifts.

hand.eye.heart.joy

Josie Rodriguez said...

Wonderful wonderful Catherine. thank you for your inspiring creativity. all the best, Josie

Radha Pandey said...

Beautiful work Catherine. Simply beautiful.

Carol said...

Absolutely stunning Catherine. So inspirational. Wonderful to have the opportunity to see these beautiful works.

Lauren Raine said...

Beautiful work, Catherine. You never stopped making sacred sites, whether or large or small scale.

I recently posted a video I found called "The Hidden Sky"........it could be a soundtrack for some of this wonderful work. Here it is:

http://threadsofspiderwoman.blogspot.com/2011/01/hidden-sea.html

love, Lauren

Rebeca Trevino said...

OMG! I found your site by way of ART PROPELLED http://artpropelled.blogspot.com/

where today, she featured your book with scrolls inside and i loved that piece, but i really love your assemblage work. it is terrific!

i work in assemblage too, do stop by and visit when you can.

Velma Bolyard said...

fine work, i really enjoyed looking and appreciate the several shots of each piece. now i want to see this body of work in person!

alvaro barcala said...

FANTASTIC!

Carol S. said...

Beautiful compositions and textures. I loved looking at your inspiring creations.

Linda Woodbury said...

You are my soul sister. These are objects and images I am in love with,and work with in all my art projects and in my jewelry.

What inspired work! Thank you Catherine!!!