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 Olga
Roehl
A bit about my Dolls…
A doll for me is a new world born from dead substance and endowed
by joy, disappointment, laughter, tears, events and understanding.
These new worlds are inevitable it is like a burst of my energy.
Sometimes they are more real than reality with its absurdity,
foolishness and loneliness. My dolls are my biography, a total
image of myself, my stories. They are my philosophical reflections
of my life and me in this life. My dolls’ characters are
a bit sad and slightly sarcastic. Sensual, gentle, subtle, open,
erotic, as well as proportional, harmonious and stable –
it’s all about my dolls. Both male and female images are
not “correct” in a classical way, on the contrary,
I try to make them non-beautiful and non-correct. What’s
interesting, the less beautiful they are the more attractive they
become for the audience.
What
is more about the doll’s image is that its glance seems
to slide upon spectator and at the same time it goes through him.
These eyes can see secret things.
 Grace
is almost grotesque, the image exists somewhere in the flash between
reality and myth being sometimes more self-confident and victorious
or even provocative. It’s often hidden behind the mask not
to show true feelings and emotions. The one who has tried the
mask turns into somebody else. Mask has fantastic and unlimited
possibilities as it permits passion to be released. On the other
hand, having magical nature, it hides a real face. Life seems
to be a masquerade, an eternal mystery camouflaged by mask and
luxury of clothing. We show our deep feelings and experiences
to the few. Who is that One to be initiated into this mystery?
Who will be involved in this intrigue of love? May be the One
who with French courtesy and Spanish ceremoniousness follows his
Dame? One day He, insistent and brave, throwing his mask away,
will be surprised by Her beauty, gentleness and vulnerability.
It is all about my Venetian series of dolls. Though I believe
that the same mystery exists in any situation when He and She
are involved.
Perhaps
I perceive the world through symbols and associations. They carry
out the emotional tone and support my ideas. These ideas are shaped
into concrete doll images. For example music for me is associated
with Mozart. So the composition Mozart has appeared. Mozart is
genius. Thus another composition Mozart and Shadow has come to
life. Genius and mediocrity are always separated by the shade
of mysteriousness, lie, misunderstanding and envy. These ideas
have given birth to the image of Saliery, etc. As you can see
the chain of associations is endless.
Another
example is The Seasons, which are just my moods. My special preference
goes to autumn, the favourite season of mine. All the best in
my life happened in this time of falling leaves and flamboyant
colours. Autumn image got the name Motion as any event is motion
itself.
I
never make isolated dolls. Usually they form a pair or multi-figure
compositions. I use the Italian Das as a material. It is air-hardening
modeling clay which doesn’t need to be specially dried off,
what is very convenient in use. When making clothes I almost every
time add Japanese silk. The height of my dolls is 16 – 45.
~Olga
Contact
Information:
Olga Roehl
Hebelstrasse 19 a
D 79618 Rheinfelden-Baden
Mail artconsulting@t-online.de
Tel: + 49 7623 79 74 58
Fax:+ 49 7623 79 74 58
Mobile + 41 76 337 33 50
www.olga-roehl.de
www.olga-roehl.com
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Pat
Lillich
For
me, the process of forming a figure from clay sometimes
starts with just a feeling or emotion and the end
result can be just as much a surprise for me as
it may be to anyone who views it. Other times I
start out to sculpt family or friends, and use the
time spent squishing the clay as an opportunity
to explore my feelings about them. They are sometimes
a little surprised to discover that I see them with
wings, or horns, or visible demons... but fortunately,
for the most part - they have pretty good senses
of humor.
Other times, the figures I sculpt are images from
dreams both remembered and imagined, using shadows
to paint the details . What I want to try to do
is capture a part of that sense of wonder and fear
that comes from half-seen glimpses of strange beautiful
figures out of the corner of your eye....
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Contact
Information:
Pat Lillich
3 Euclid Ave.
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408 354-2539
patl@mac.com
http://shadows.4oni.com
http://shadows.4oni.com/blog |
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Reina
Mia Brill
Through
wire I illustrate a world of childhood memories
and experiences. Panels of knitted wire are layered,
like pen and ink drawings, to create surface tension
and drama. Each creature has its own story to tell.
Their various names suggest ideas or visions steeped
in mythology. They are each born out of a
process that may seem as fabled as the creatures
themselves. I begin with drawings that are
translated into a wood skeleton, constructed to
convey a posturing as well as offer gravitational
support. A process of wrapping and layering
with foil over the frame provides shape and density
to the figures. They are then completely covered
with a stuffed nylon skin. Using old-fashioned knitting
machines, I create a flexible mesh wire fabric that
is meticulously stitched onto the skin—layer
by layer—over faces, horns, and even the crevices
of toes until the essence of each creature breathes
life.
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Contact
Information:
Reina Mia Brill
KNITTED WIRE SCULPTURE
75 Earley Street
Bronx, NY 10464
917-463-7096 www.ReinaMiaBrill.com |
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