Why sculpture? Simply, I like making things with my hands, the process of it. I walk around an object in the making, looking at it from different angles, sensing what works and what needs to be changed. Slowly it comes to life and what it could mean takes shape. A title evolves. It is always something distilled from the past that floats to the surface as essence or curious debris. There is a quiet beauty in this process; a mix of thinking and doing that makes sense and bears repeating.
And why sculptures made of wire mesh? Mesh holds my attention. It is a modern industrial material with ancient properties. Stainless steel wire mesh is shiny, it bends, it can be looked through, it is a fabric that holds its shape, it can be a sheet or a single wire, as line art, if you will. There is an unexplained joy in turning a cold roll of wire mesh into a life-like form that has a connection to something meaningful I want to preserve.
And why sculptures made of wire mesh? Mesh holds my attention. It is a modern industrial material with ancient properties. Stainless steel wire mesh is shiny, it bends, it can be looked through, it is a fabric that holds its shape, it can be a sheet or a single wire, as line art, if you will. There is an unexplained joy in turning a cold roll of wire mesh into a life-like form that has a connection to something meaningful I want to preserve.
Photography by Launi Rendall
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Education:
University of California, San Diego BFA, Sculpture, California State University, Long Beach BA, Chemistry, California State University, Long Beach PhD, Chemistry, University of Cincinnati Postdoctoral, Materials Science Department, Stanford University Postdoctoral, Chemistry Department, University of Illinois, Urbana Postdoctoral, Chemistry Department, University of Georgia, Athens Workshops attended:
Lanny Bergner: 3D Metal Meshworking, September 13-16, 2014, Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville, WA Lanny Bergner: The Art of Metal Mesh Basketry, July 18-22, 2017, National Basketry Organization conference, Tacoma, WA About the artist:
Marly was born in the farming community of Lake Preston, South Dakota and spent most of her formative years in Long Beach, California. Marly's academic studies were in sculpture and chemistry. Her professional life involved several chemistry and biological chemistry positions, mostly at the University of Georgia and later in research and development of hemophilia drugs at Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals in Berkeley, California. Currently she resides on Useless Bay, Whidbey Island, Washington. Marly's sculptures are represented by MUSEO Gallery in Langley, WA and Hanson Howard Gallery in Ashland, OR. |
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