Repetition

Project Objective: Based on the research and exploration of contemporary artists that work with the concept of repetition, design and create an artwork based on the idea of repetition. By repeating a form over and over, what is created from the multiple repetition?

Medium: Some sort of absorbent material and encaustic wax.

For this project I used repetition to create a whimsical, wind-blown form with numerous small birds. Made from storybook pages, these birds represent the spontaneity of childhood imagination. The birds playfully sweep around an encaustic covered tree limb that hides several antique keys.
I was inspired by Carlos Amorales’ use of repetition in his installations- he used repetition to create an overwhelming sense of wind-blown motion. In this same way, I have attempted to create a similar wind-blown movement with the numerous small birds.