A fellow student introduced me a the work of this artist, who works mainly with natural materials. She shared a work called: Samenbeutel, 2009. Translated it means a bundle and here it acts as a seed bag, or container for the seed. The material used is a hairnet which holds airborne thistle seeds.
This idea of holding the seeds is excellent for my research into containers and natural materials. These materials are so light and ephemeral – remind of the spores of a mushroom. The simplicity of her materials inspires me – they are light, (seems weightless) vulnerable and almost minimalistic as sculptures. I like the idea that they could have been collected on a walk outside but now hang to converse with the viewer.
Materials she use are: seed, plant stems, blades of grass, blossoms, horse hair. She works only with natural materials
On her website I viewed more work and enjoyed her drawings – as inspiration to my own practice of drawing and repeating certain themes of natural objects I interact with.
