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    (Alfred University, 2024) "Scheidt, Rhiannon"; "Lambert, Coral"; "Blood, Sarah"; "Yurkevicz, Emily"
    "Light illuminates and animates our physical world and is a compelling and sensational sculptural medium. I feel an irresistible pull towards light and anything reflective, refractive, sparkly, or luminous in nature. The physical objects around us are intimately tied to luminosity as the reflected light defines and fills volume, creates tone, elicits emotional responses, and compels bodily movement. As an object maker, my bond to materials and processes generates much of my visual language. Mediums such as iron, wood, glass, and reflective vinyl are used to redirect, refract, amplify, suppress light, and create shadow. Through the sculptural practices of metal casting and glass fusing, I use scarred, fragmented surfaces as evidence of time. The crumbling voids left behind as the structures erode hold a palpable melancholy and nostalgia. While some works portray a brooding landscape of shadows and charred forms, other works are joyful dances with light and color as I recreate personal moments of interaction with the sun. I am inspired by the ephemeral, immersive works of the Light and Space artists of the 1970’s. Their influence has accelerated my investigations into light, the physicality of material objects and the experiential moments they can create."