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 Deborah
C. Pope
The
subjects of my work are as varied as the thoughts and
experiences that generate them. Some have their
beginnings in dreams. Others are rooted in the
world around us. Each piece evolves. It’s as
though the subject is trying to tell me what it wants
to be. I have no master plan for any doll when
I begin it. I do not make any sketches. It’s
more of an intuitive process that ebbs and flows. I
try to stay open to creative possibilities so the piece
can speak to me and guide my work as I go along. It’s
very fluid. As a result, the dolls have a life of their
own. I just help in the awakening; and in the
process I get to share ideas and learn more about myself.
My
goal is to engage the viewer’s sense of wonder – to
help them pause for a moment and step outside of the
ordinary to make a personal connection with the piece
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Deborah
C. Pope
P.O. Box 568
Williamson, NY 14589
315-589-2000
deborahcpope.typepad.com
tiberosestudio@rochester.rr.com |
 Kate
Church
Kate refers to her work as "sculptural puppetry":
combining the line and form of sculpture with the playful anima
of puppetry.
Her work is her muse, a silent imprint or suggested feeling created
through the posture and expression of the figure evolving
in front of her. These works also reflect outward involving the
viewer in a conversation or connection to an experience of
themselves.
Beautiful fabrics in unusual combinations reflect Kate’s
background in textile design. She is a graduate of the Textile
Department of The Rhode Island School of Design. Her sculptural
gesture draws on her study of the human figure. Kate has
continued a practice of drawing, printmaking and sculpture to
push and evolve her work. These disciplines combine with
her kinesthetic approach to discovering each character:
“Where others would sketch and render an idea I sense the
emerging form. The movement, gesture or posture is found inside
my body as a language not in my imagination as most assume. I
might use an attitude from my own experience and place it into
the sentiment like a framework, and then I detail and articulate
from an inherent lust for fabric, costume and the dramatic arts. “
An artist of delicacy and detail Kate’s work mirrors the
varied experiences of her life in her offbeat quirky method of
recognition. Details embroidered with movement and grace,
her figures speak of curiosity, delight, tenderness and humor… expressions
of some of the exquisitely charming characteristics of life.
Individual and group shows of her art are an ongoing part of
Kate’s life. Her most recent show was titled EMbodyMENT,
a group show with Louise Pentz and Claude Chaloux. In this
collection Kate presented a series of abstracted figurative clay
vessels and fibre cocoons in her reflections on the transformative
nature of life.
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