Art and Material: A Creative Dialogue with Raw Material
Creation is not only about how we create, but also about how we interact with the materials from which we create. It’s about how we see the possibilities, deficiencies, and the ‘missing’ link in the systematic chain of the raw materials. Each form/design is dictated by the material itself. Organic forms reflect the processes and certain laws occurring in nature. It’s like ‘chaos’ colliding with ‘order’. Chaos and order, complexity and simplicity, naturalness and artificiality – all this creates a contrast that allows the beauty of the creation to be revealed. It allows the observer to experience the creation not only visually, but also emotionally, as contrast stimulates our brains to think and perceive information in new ways. It’s a common creation of Man and Nature. The process of sustainable/conscious art is a dialogue between the creator and the material. The creator observes how the material responds to his actions and adapts to its responses. It’s a constant learning process that allows the creator to see himself and his creation in a new way.
This is a process where you cannot expect to get a specific result. Instead, you must be open to observation and changes that occur during the creative process. It requires patience, dedication, and constant learning.
When creating, the most important thing is not what we can force the material to do, but what we can learn from it. Each material has its own way of responding to our actions, and this can tell us a lot about ourselves and the world around us.
The reflection of oneself, one’s experiences, one’s experiences creates a new creation. Only by accepting and analysing one’s experiences, understanding and perceiving them, can something new be found. In my works I want to show natural beauty, authenticity, which we have “hidden” under many masks. This masking has consequences, excessive consumption – of things, relationships, food, addiction-causing substances, etc. All this is due to the suppressed authenticity that wants to express itself. It’s a subconscious hunger that is difficult to identify precisely.
In my products, I reveal this, not masking their “defects”, “damages” pasted with “not suitable for use” labels. By revealing and showing this, we bring perception closer to ourselves, because through this we can see ourselves. It’s a sign of uniqueness/authenticity… which we want from the subconscious. Seeing, revealing and breaking certain cultural “codes” that seem to imprison us in a certain prison, the real thing begins: sustainability, ecology, circularity. Change begins with our own perception of ourselves. It’s seeing the reasons, the very ‘roots’.
Looking at the scriptures of nature, the relaxation centres in the brain are activated. We are positively affected by recurring patterns of nature, or fractals. We are instinctively inclined to react to nature’s fractals, and looking at them reduces emotional tension.