"I think everybody is creative to some degree, whether they're creating artistic products or finding new ways to be an accountant or a building contractor," said Prescott, professor of music at Missouri State University. "Creativity is part of the human persona," he said. "People will say, ‘Well, I'm not creative.’ They just aren't realizing that creativity lies in a lot of … [Read more...] about Making a statement through the creative process
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Walstrand Walls This is from a series that I was doing with Gwen Walstrand, based on what we've seen in Cairo, Illinois. She takes pictures, and I respond to the photographs that she takes. I really like the idea of it sort of getting double translated, her interpretation of it and then my interpretation of her interpretation. I like that idea of people influencing each other. … [Read more...] about Selected works by Sarah Perkins
But art and design professor Sarah Perkins has mastered a process that turns plain material into a shimmering work of art. She begins with a thin sheet of metal, which she cuts and hammers into three-dimensionality. She uses fire to enhance the metal’s malleability. After many rounds of hammering, the sheet of metal has become a completed vessel. Next, Perkins showers the … [Read more...] about Transformation