PRINTERESTING

http://www.jenblazina.com
I came across Blazina's work when researching on the printeresting website. Her work revolves predominantly around found objects so naturally I was intrigued as my project has this theme. The following is an interview I found with her.

Her piece, titled Refused, consists cast hydrocal frames with lithographic images printed on satin. The work is made up of thousands of variations of these little tromp l’oeil victorian mementos. The show consists of strong examples of contemporary craft and art. All the work seems to trouble the definition of the term craft: deconstructing the function of furniture and ornament, slip-casting crazy ceramic multiples, taxidermy gone artsy, and generally all kinds of great objects.
Can you say a few words about your studio practice?

While searching for discarded objects from thrift stores, on the street, and ones passed down to me from my family, these become personal keepsakes, icons of the past which otherwise would be overlooked or regarded as something useless. Based on this experience, collections represent a sense of holding onto a place in time. By re-creating these objects through casting and re-fabrication, I have used the history of the objects in my own current tense.

My installations examine commonplace objects and subtle images, which evoke a haunting and ephemeral sense of a familiarity with the past. The photographs and selected objects become iconic themselves and allude to the tangible evidence of the invisible portal to a moment and the temperamental narratives, evoked by both the image, and memory.

I can really relate to what she is saying about her work and feel that I am trying to achieve similar objectives in my own practice. I am examining and using found imagery and re-contextualising it to evoke in the audience a sense of nostalgia and re-appreciation. - connecting people with objects.