Macdonald, Wren, artist2021-05-122021-05-122021https://hdl.handle.net/10217/232445Colorado State University Art and Art History Department capstone project.Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.The artist's statement: I have been searching for a sort of quietness in my work, like that of a person-less forest, or of a small beetle crawling across soil, or of a wary deer - because I think my mind is most often loud and troubled with thought. Perhaps this is why I choose to construct animal bodies frequently. They are good at being without existential anxiety. I make work that urges a form of attention attuned to overlooked details. Minutiae, both tangible and intangible, are boundless and wonder opens a space in which beings interact and collaborate. I work towards trusting the intelligence of objects to accumulate a kind of unfolding vastness within their intimacy. Ideas strike me that cannot be explained, so I must make them, in a physical form, and let the work speak. I think many artists do this; let the work speak. The intersection between illustration and sculpture is intuitive and immensely important; a single rabbit can constitute a muffled shrubscape, in its absoluteness. I think through illustration; through an abundance of detail, a space of and beyond the given picture plane opens.born digitalStudent worksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.potteryText