Materials tradition is a vital facet of understanding previous and current histories. Utilized in anthropology and archaeology, the idea refers back to the the cultural significance an object might maintain. Whether or not or not it’s instruments, non secular articles, clothes, and even artwork, bodily objects have at all times been a mirrored image of the societies that wield them. Glass artist Laura Kramer is pushed by this phenomenon.
Into her work, Kramer carries private experiences from finding out anthropology and archaeology and collaborating in excavations—or “digs”— in St. Eustatius, an island within the Caribbean. “I am interested in the connection of the imbued spirit within the object,” she explains. “My work is deeply influenced by the cabinet of curiosities—odd objects that may not be easily categorized.”
From her studio in Rhode Island, Kramer sculpts natural kinds encrusted in ornate textures that mimic the pure formation of crystals. Generally utilizing discovered objects like wasp nests, the artist creates peculiar sculptures that defy usually accepted programs of classification. Difficult the everyday boundary between the artifical and pure, her sculptures land in a liminal house when examined from an anthropological perspective.
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