Cousins and the Creative Process
Recently Alis saw the sweet little frog named Blossom in my book, Frogs of Philo. She liked the combination of the frog with the flowers and decided she’d like me to create ‘cousin’ to Blossom for her. Alis requested a green frog with flowers and left the rest of the decisions up to me. I think the new relation looks like family but has its own special spirit.
Since this frog was created just for Alis she will have the privilege of christening him or her with a name. I bet she’d love to hear your suggestions though. Email me your ideas and I’ll pass them along to her.
Who does he or she look like to you?
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Alexis
Just like the members of a family all bear some resemblance to one another, all of the animals in my menagerie end up looking like I made them. So while each of my animals is a unique, one of a kind creation, I do think of them all as ‘cousins’ in my animal family.
This gives me the freedom to create a sculpture related to one I’ve made before but still have it be new and different. As an artist this is an important part of my creative process. Having one piece inspire the next lets the work continue to flow and me continue to grow artistically.
A few years ago I made 25 different frog sculptures to celebrate The Pot Shop’s 25th anniversary. Each of those frogs inspired the next one in the group. It was a challenge to reimagine the ‘frog’ 25 ways, each one different in color and pose and each one having its unique personality emerge through the sculpting process. It was fun giving them names as they were finished because it really highlighted what was so special about each one.
