Organic Cohesiveness
Nature inspires the art of many of us but how often can you say the entire piece reflects the aesthetics of Mother Nature?
This piece by Beatriz Cominatto is striking not only because of its unexpected and yet still elegant choice of forms for a necklace but because there is no true break from organic construction anywhere along the piece. We are looking at vines twisting down to mature open pods presenting their treasures. From the focal forms all the way around the neckband the piece reflects the shapes and organization of nature.
There are, however, minor breaks from authentic organic here–one that really makes the piece and one that is a departure that could be seen as a missed opportunity.
First the interior of the pods and seeds are metallic–this isn’t a natural version of seed pods but it works because it puts emphasis on the ‘treasure’ aspect of the organic forms, mixing our sense of what treasure is with what nature holds as its most precious gifts. This juxtaposition is what takes this form being just a direct translation of seed pods into something with instilled meaning and added beauty.
The other break from nature is in how the vines are twisted. They are very uniform. This is not normal in nature–not unheard of but not as organic as we usually encounter. A slight variation in the plaiting of the vine forms would have added to the organic theme and interest of the piece. I think it can be helpful to stop before completing a piece and ask if it can be pushed just a little and in this case, it probably could have been. The trick is to know when to stop pushing it. And for this piece, its final form is actually a decent stopping point.
What do you think? And how do you feel about a blog post that both praises and presents constructive criticism of a piece like this?
Beatriz Cominatto hails from São Paulo, Brasil. You can find more of her work on her Flickr page and her website.
Beatriz work is very unique and I admire her originality. However in the case of this piece, she has credited one of my pieces on flickr as being the source of her inspiration which is the right thing to do. We have Flickr chatted about this and I am more then happy to have a shared aesthetic with another artist. And while she made it her own by creating a necklace, the genesis of this piece is in my Natura bracelets. I just wanted to share this with you. You can see my original bracelets at http://www.flickr.com/photos/donflik/5490322853/in/set-72157626653223903 0r just go to my site above and go to my natura sets. thank you.
It’s a great honour to have my work published at your blog, thank you!
This was an experimental piece inspired in the wonderful work of Donna
Greenberg. I hadn’t worked with a full continuous collar before, this was
the first one and I was glad with the result.
I agree that I could’ve worked more in the vines section, giving it all a
more natural and organic feel, but since it was mainly an experiment of
both shape and resistance, I chose to make it less complicated at first.
But now I know it works, specially working with the Bozzi Super Polymer
Clay, which is flexible and quite resistant, I intend to create other
pieces in the vein of this one. Thank you!
[…] I posted observations about an organically inspired necklace. Beautifully done, it still had room for improvement and I mentioned my thoughts on that. It felt […]
[…] http://daveonline.net/thepolymerarts.com/blog/organic-cohesiveness/#comment-21 […]
[…] http://daveonline.net/thepolymerarts.com/blog/organic-cohesiveness/#comment-21 Gostar disso:GostoBe the first to like this. […]
Beatriz work is unique,fancy.