Tania Dibbs

Big, Ugly and Cool

I love how when doodling, your conscious brain is turned off and you can be surprised by what you come up with. During a boring unrelated meeting I sketched a bunch of little things that looked like they came from one of my college invertebrate zoology texts. Those sketches were at the back of my mind when I started this giant coil form. I love the way it came out. It is half sea creature, half underwater mine or some other man-made thing.
Here is the progression from drawing to finish. Click on images for enlargement.

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Survival Strategies

 

Proboscis 2

Biology is the underlying matrix of the planet, and life continues…

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Ceramic “Beads”

 

Large ceramic "beads" after firing in the kiln, before becoming sculptures (see finished piece at right made from red sphere above)
Large ceramic “beads” after firing in the kiln, before becoming sculptures

 

 

 

 

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