Angela Hansen
Amorphous by Nature
Headbones Gallery
November 30 - January 15
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Amorphous by Nature
Featuring
Angela Hansen
November
30 -
January 15, 2025
Amorphous by Nature
could be the sign on Angela Hansen’s studio door as it
applies to every aspect of her practice. The medium for
her latest sculptural works which make up Amorphous by
Nature is encaustic. Encaustic, derived from the Greek
word for “burning in’, is traditionally a recipe of wax
and resin submitted to a hot process that involves
melting during shaping. Pigments can be added for
coloring. The addition of fire to the creative process
informs the resulting shape. Unless heat is present,
encaustic is amorphous by nature – its physical form is
indefinite until Fire leaves. Only when it cools does it
solidify. The resulting sculpture, no longer malleable
but now fixed in time, holds the traces of change.
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As Hansen references the
architectonics that nature has used in constructing the
complex botanical and animal forms that make up the
master designs of existence, with uncanny insistence the
material speaks. The artist’s touch is relevant in
encaustic sculpture and yet so are architectural
precepts.
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Using material that is so
lively, barely predictable, and maddeningly malleable,
it is no surprise that these dynamics are present in the
works. With over fifty pieces that Hansen has
alchemically brought into being gracing the walls and
plinths at Headbones Gallery Amorphous by Nature is an
exhibition that can bring delight to all ages.
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Headbones Gallery
January 25 - March 2, 2025
LINKS
Island Mountain Arts
Arts Wells
