“If you want to know
who I am, listen, not to what I say, but to what I make. For it is in metal that I express what words
do not… Each piece reveals my personal ideas, feelings, questions, conflicts
and struggles at the time of its creation.” -Anne Goddard
We are pleased to announce that Anne Goddard is our artist of
the month! Here at Two Moons Gallery we
feature her latest series of work, Copper Elements. It is a contemporary line that focuses on the
warmth and beauty of copper. She has
successfully combined the richness of the copper with round, half round and
flat structures and canvases to create modern sculptures for the wall.
Anne enjoys the fact that her Copper Elements series allows
her to relax, experiment with metal and explore a variety of structures, shapes
and sizes. She holds degrees in both mathematics and fine arts
from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina.
While in school she met her mentor, a
well-known artist working in metal and enamel whose work spoke to Anne’s analytical side with her technical approach and exactness to metalwork as well
as to her creative side with beautifully designed and painted pieces. She was hooked!
Anne studied abroad in Italy and took courses and
apprenticed at Duke University, Penland School of Crafts and Arrowmont School
of Crafts. She currently lives in
Lincoln, Nebraska.
I'm sure that many are longing to know how Anne gets from
to
Fortunately, Anne is willing to share her process.
After the
boring (or less interesting) part of prepping the base structure - scrounging,
cutting, priming and painting, etc., she gets to the fun part! First, she gets
out the roll of copper (12" by 25 feet!) and cut the desired size of the
pieces she wants wrapped around the structure or laid onto the canvas.
Then she begins to texturize and patina (create a color on the surface) each piece
of metal. Although there are numerous chemicals that can be applied to
the metal to create the patina, she only uses heat! She has a variety of tip
sizes and a number of torches to choose from to achieve the different
colors. The textures are done by hand with different tools and by using
the rolling mill.
Each
piece of metal is drilled and then either individually screwed into the
structure or nailed onto the canvas. (She buys screws by the thousands and
more drill bits than she cares to count!)
On some of the pieces, usually the
structural ones, she wraps the brilliant colored wire to catch the eye!
She doesn't stop there though. She also ends with a less interesting process that is nevertheless vital to the integrity of her art which includes capping
the ends of the structures or finishing the backs of the canvases, cleaning the
metal, spraying each piece with three layers of lacquer and coating all the
colored wire with an automotive clear coat for some UV protection.
And that is how we come to have these beautiful works of art here at Two Moons Gallery. We are ever so grateful to Anne Goddard for her exacting process, incredible eye and creative mind. Stop in to see her stunning art for yourself.
Two
Moons is a different kind of gallery with a truly unprecedented mix of
fine crafts and contemporary art with elegant yet practical gift items,
many of which feature a serious touch of whimsy. Find us online at www.twomoonsgallery.com. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/twomoonsgallery.
