Aris Katsilakis
From the Mutation Series, 210x70x60 cm
learning me how to tame a natural material and photography how to 'trap' my surroundings in an image. Maybe all this unconsciously have passed in my work . Maybe not. Consciously, as a student of the School of Fine Arts in sculpture workshop of Th. Papagiannis I discover nature as an inexhaustible reservoir of ideas in response to a series of Department's exercises. This was the starting point of creating my first organic forms.
I have said through the observation of Nature. I design and synthesize organic elements of the environment before starting to construct the three-dimensional project. The plan for me is the basis of creation, though not exactly follow to complete the sculpture . There are times when the time of the creation of a work in clay add ideas from past designs. The time for completion of work is influenced by many factors. I conclude the basic form of the sculpture in clay, followed by plaster mold into which I wring colored packaging papers constantly brushing them with glue.
Before starting to elaborate about your production, would you like to tell to our readers something about your process and set up for making your artworks? In particular, what technical aspects do you mainly focus on your work? And how much preparation and time do you put in before and during the process of creating a piece?
The days the paper will remain into the mold is according to the weather conditions (humidity, hot weather , etc.). When my basic work comes out of the mold I start to compose in this every scholar recyclable material such
The initial conception for all my work comes as 23