Recent Work Autumn 2015
Gabrielle Nowicki
Hello! Since spring 2014, I’ve been making primitive, fun sculptures made from found objects and recycled scrap metal and wood. My inspirations are old, handmade toys and folk art and I try to keep that spirit, making do with what I have on hand and working with limited technology. I also enjoy working with paper and I apply these same principles to collage. This past year, from autumn 2014 to autumn 2015, more papier mache and air dried clay modelling have been incorporated into my automata. I’ve continued with the file folder collage project. I’m equally surprised and excited that November 4 will see the completion of a year’s worth of collaging. When I began making them last fall, I had no idea that the momentum for this project would last for a full year. All three hundred and sixty-five 6.25” x 4.25” collages are made from recycled
manila file folders and various sources of paper. The best part of this journey was discovering that I was often working in threads of series, sometimes jumping back, to revisit them. The collages will be used as references for further work. To date, there are several incomplete figurative sculptures and automata projects to be finished. I am building prototypes of handmade music boxes, to incorporate into my automata. Gabrielle Nowicki, November, 2015
Never Seen Before Bird Woman (A028): Circus Automata Series Medium: Recycled wood and metal, paper, papier mache and wooden bead. Crank driven with wooden cam. Turn the crank and woman jumps and spins in “mid-air” Size: 6” x 9” x 10”
Dancing Bear Child (A029): Circus Automata Series Medium: Recycled wood and metal, paper, papier mache and glass bead. Crank driven with two wooden cams. Turn the crank and the bear dances, tipping side to side Size: 6” x 4” x 9”
The Strongest Man on Earth (A031): Circus Automata Series Medium: Recycled wood and metal, paper, papier mache and glass bead. Crank driven with wooden cam. Turn the crank and the man lifts the bar bell up and down Size: 6” x 4” x 9”
Daring Serpent Goddess (A032): Circus Automata Series Medium: Recycled wood and metal, paper, papier mache and glass bead. Crank driven with wooden cam. Turn the crank and the serpent goddess spins Size: 6” x 4” x 10”
Pull ~ Along ~ Boat (A033): Automata Medium: Recycled wood and metal, paper and string. Pull along the ground and the wheel driven cams cause the waves to rock back and forth Size: 7” x 10” x 10”
Assorted Hinged Dolls: Medium: Assorted papers backed with 100lb vellum bristol, adhesive, metal brads. Packged in cello sleeve, assembled Size: Approximately 6� x 4� (varies)
Assorted Train Cars (A034 - A036): Circus train and parade themed Medium: Recycled wood and metal, paper, cast metal wheels and papier mache, (wheels roll nicely) Size: 5” x 5” x 2”, varies
Assorted Jumping Jack Dolls Medium: Hand cut wood, embroidery floss, paper, glass beads. Based on the classic children’s toy: pull the string and the arms and legs move up and down Size: Approximately 3” x 5” (varies)
365 Assorted Collages Completed: November 4, 2015 marks a whole year’s worth of collage making Medium: Recycled file folders cut to 6.25 x 4.25 inches with original drawings, pattern and colour swatches, magazine colour and pattern swatches and public domain images
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