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Forms of Meditation and Discovery

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Schuerman, Noah. (2022-05). Forms of Meditation and Discovery. Theses and Dissertations Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/etd/items/schuerman_idaho_0089n_12388.html

Title:
Forms of Meditation and Discovery
Author:
Schuerman, Noah
Date:
2022-05
Keywords:
Art Sculpture wood
Program:
Art and Architecture
Subject Category:
Fine arts
Abstract:

Abstract

When I find broken things, I mend them. When I come across a tool that has been left behind, I try to give it new use. As husband, father, and brother, I appreciate opportunities to celebrate, in my own quiet way, the honest efforts we make to build and connect with those around us. As a woodworker, I am an object-maker, an object-fixer, and object-refiner. As an artist, I excavate hidden beauty and find potential in the material I’m most drawn. My practice is one of creation as well as healing using a medium that shares our fragilities and strengths.By responding to woods’ qualities of growth, adaption, and decay, as I carve away layers, I am often humbled by its infinite aesthetic offerings. Working with it, settles inner curiosities and gives my thoughts physical bearing. In this way I can confront and better understand the lived experiences that inspire me.

Description:
masters, M.A., Art and Architecture -- University of Idaho - College of Graduate Studies, 2022-05
Major Professor:
Isenbarger, Stacy
Committee:
Sonnichsen, Mike; Diessner, Rhett; Keim, Delphine
Defense Date:
2022-05
Identifier:
Schuerman_idaho_0089N_12388
Type:
Text
Format Original:
PDF
Format:
application/pdf

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