Elina Brandt-Hansen

 

THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY

CHINA CERAMIC NET
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 ARTIST'S STATEMENT

    Even our sky is filled with patterns. To our eyes the star constellations do not make any detailed composition. I often like to think that this is because we are too close. any satellite ever has been, then the stars and the solar system are maybe just a little part of a beautiful patterned covered fractal, perhaps even reflecting other units on the far side of the universe.
    The fractal geometry has been a great source of inspiration to me. Fractal implies that the unit is reflected in the details or that every tiny little detail is carrying information which is reflecting the unit. We can see the effects of fractals in nature, for example in a leaf of a bracken plant, in a bird's feather or in the way a cauliflower is created.
    Knowing that the universe is infinite and even is expanding is an overwhelming thought. To me, it is however, as overwhelming that a tiny little fly has got some 30000 identical facet eyes, the phenomenon that a green color appears on  one's retina after having stared on a red surface for a while makes me feel that there is a mysterious dualistic principle in the universe. If this is the case, then the universe might at well expand inwards infinitely at outwards.
    But what we do know for sure is that every material whether solid, fluid or in gaseous state consists of an unbelievable complexity of patterns and compositions. This fact also fills me with wonder and inspiration.
    Looking at clay through microscope lenses shows us molecular rhythms and patterns. When fired, other microscopic ornaments and compositions come into being. Northing is stable, everything is changing constantly except the fact that patterns and compositions will always  create the basis for everything there is.
    Since being a little child, patterns and ornaments have always fascinated and inspired me . All the different combinations that one single ornament is able to create is something that I almost find magical.
    Geometrical rhythms and repetition have always been a structural principle throughout the history of crafts, and the repetition of ornaments carries within the imagination of the infinite, never ending eternal questions. However my fascination with geometrical rhythms, fractions and structural patterns is perhaps not so far away from the Pythagorean thought that the underlying universal principle is numbers.
    I want my pieces not only to be decorative, but just at important, to be visually challenging. In my work I wish to create a room for magic and wonder, a room in which the spectator can be pushed to experience and explore some of my fascinations involving our magical and complex nature. The closer one gets to the pieces, and the more time one spends, the more details are waiting to be discovered.
   
   

   

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