2014, felt, light, hand knit and dyed cotton net, dimensions vary: ceiling height: 18’, Installed at Loveland Feed and Grain, Loveland, CO
2014, slip-cast porcelain, light, hand knit and dyed cotton nets, steel pulley, trailer hitch, dimensions vary: ceiling height: 13’, Installed at Loveland Feed and Grain, Loveland, CO
2014, slip-cast porcelain, light, hand knit and dyed cotton nets, steel pulley, trailer hitch, dimensions vary: ceiling height: 13’, Installed at Loveland Feed and Grain, Loveland, CO
2014, coil-built earthenware, terra sigillata, hand knit and dyed cotton net, wood, steel, dimensions vary: ceiling height: 18’, forms: approx. 30 X 20”, Installed at Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO.
2012, coil-built earthenware, terra sigillata, hand knit and dyed cotton net, steel saw blade, form: approx. 30 X 20”, ceiling height: 14’, Installed at UMASS Dartmouth Star Store, New Bedford, MA.
2011, coil-built earthenware, terra sigillata, kickstands, forms: approx. 30 X 20”
2015. Room measures 15 x 20 feet. Each jack is approx. 21x21 inches. Press molded clay, glaze, wallpaper.
2015. Room measures 15 x 20 feet. Each jack is approx. 21x21 inches. Press molded clay, glaze, wallpaper.
2015. Wall measures 13x16 feet. Largest tile measures 22x22 inches. Pressed clay tiles, paint, acrylic sheet.
2015. Wall measures 13x16 feet. Largest tile measures 22x22 inches. Pressed clay tiles, paint, acrylic sheet.
Artist Statement
As an installation artist with a background in fiber and clay, I often marry the two materials, creating a dynamic relationship between tension and weight. Most recently, I have been investigating the idea of visual tension, using pattern both on flat surface and three-dimensionally.
I decorate the ordinary, allowing the viewer access by using familiar objects and materials. My work deals with personal conflict between the desire for domestic foundation and the need to fulfill personal goals. I struggle with my role as a woman, daughter, partner and artist. I translate this fight visually, creating noise and tension with material and pattern.
The desire for domesticity versus the need for change and growth within my studio practice has been an ongoing battle for me. I use pattern to create visual tension, representing the push and pull that I feel between my work and personal life. My practice is contemplative, allowing me to think while I make, which while informing the work, is also cathartic.
Time and place heavily influence my work. Working in both fiber and clay, I often switch between the two materials, contingent on facilities or site-specific needs. This gives me parameters while allowing the work to remain organic.
-- Claudia Mastrobuono