Jewelry/Art Photos
I always enjoy when I’m able to find other people that share my passion for and create their own type of art; In November 2008 I found such a person. Shortly after I started to work with Katrina Fedukowski I really found how how talented and detail-oriented she was. After a few months of getting to know her I found out that she was into a number of artistic endeavors— sculpture, sewing, and digital graphics. She not only created great pieces, she studied how they should be constructed and went about creating them, she constructed and re-constructed them late into the night.
After another lengthy study session she recently started to create art out of reclaimed silver wire. She would probably correct me on my definition of what she is doing and creating, but there is no denying that she has made a few great pieces. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the Torque (Torq) and Wand that she created and to photograph them. The images of the Torque and the Wand demonstrate her detailed studies of the style and I’m happy to share her art with you.
The other related subject that I find interesting which I would love to discuss is: No matter what artform you choose— paiting, sculpture, etc.– digitization and the internet forces you to change the art’s medium so that you can communicate it with the masses. I’m happy to say that digital photography has made this all possible. Don’t believe me? Try shopping on Zappos.com to find your next pair of shoes. Impossible without digital images! I’m definitely not trying to say that digital images are replacing other forms art, far from it, but they make it more accessible to the masses and I’m happy to be bringing part of it to you!
Katrina Fedukowski’s other art work can be found at DeviantArt.com under Catalyst Design
Wand
Torque
Well…Thank You…I am truly honored. As I came to work for you and with you I in turn admired your great sense of the bigger picture; it was very conducive in allowing me to follow my natural sense of focus towards detail. I was eventually really surprised and pleased to find you were dedicated to photography. I always appreciate and respect those who engage in artistic endeavors; I have also since come to respect photography as a completely unique medium unto itself. You have a unique style; you capture light, life, structure, and the continuity/interconnectivity of all things. What one sees is not always what the camera sees, or captures. As such I really appreciate the time you have taken to capture my art digitally. It’s also allowed me to revisit my photocompositing skills.
Sometimes the creative process is really a lot more spontaneous than it sounds, which surprises me. I engage in a small study and after a few weekends find out how rewarding the medium is, once it ‘talks’ to me and I to it. With jewelry, recently, I had maybe 3-5 months of examining linked chains, let it rest due to tedium, then a year or more later decided to do solid twisted wire forms. Oh and “reclaimed” silver wire is just my fancy word for scrap wire. It’s inexpensive and great for practice.
It is undeniable that much of this world’s commerce would not be as effective without digital photography to showcase a product. In addition, art may lie undiscovered for decades without a good, convincing visual brought to you through a digital photo. Illustrators and lineartists of the past did advertise products in catalogues and adverts through hand-drawn pictures, but the range of colors and detail level may have been extremely limited. The crisp truth and sense of reality from a well-taken photo can really allow an object to be viewed, potentially over great leagues and miles, allowing one to experience what they normally might only be able to see in person. I would be really interested to check out buyer statistics before and after such a time that photos were widely used and accepted by the masses to reference a product being sold, with relevance of course to buyer income/disposable income, general state of the economy, verity of survey results amongst a variety of populations, etc.
Kat
6 Jun 09 at 2:30 am
Perfect work!Keep posting
streetwear
21 Oct 09 at 4:33 am