CRISTEN VELLIKY

STATEMENT

I have been creating artwork that blurs the line between art and craft, and I continue to mix materials that create new opportunities for examination.  My work strives to combine the new and the old within a seamless composition, and I feel compelled to create work that reflects the awe I experience when confronting everyday materials;whether it be a worn stone, rusted steel, scratched glass or weathered wood.  It is this devotion to the materials of our

daily environment that binds me to the pursuit of making objects.

Anomoly, Maple, Porcelain and Glass

46"w x 46"h x 8"d

Anomoly, detail

Blowing Smoke, Rope, Sewing Pins, Glass and Beeswax

35”w x 36”h x 4.5”d


Blowing Smoke, detail

Hull, Soneware and Glass

23”w x 29"h x 5"d


Hull, detail

Red Tide, Porcelain and Glass

40”h x 45"w x 3"d


Red Tide, detail

View, Steel, Glass, Oak, Poplar and Porcelain

64"h x 34"w x 12"d

View, detail

View, detail

View, detail, (scale shot)

Waiting, Steel, Glass Poplar, Slate and Porcelain

64"h x 34"w x 16"d

Waiting, detail

Waiting, detail

Breed, Steel, Glass, Poplar and Porcelain

46"h x 46"w x 14"d

Breed, detail

Fjord, Steel, Glass, Poplar and Porcelain

40"h x 72"w x 15"d

Fjord, detail

Fjord, detail

Sanctuary, Steel, Glass, Poplar, Slate, Straw and Porcelain

48"h x 68.5"w x 14"d

Sanctuary, detail

Sea, Steel, Poplar, Slip-cast Porcelain and Glass

35”w x 19”h x 3”d


Sea, detail

Farm, Steel, Poplar, Slip-cast Porcelain and Glass

42”w x 48”h x 3”d


Farm, detail

Peak, Steel, Poplar, Slip-cast Porcelain and Glass

54”w x 13”h x 3”d


Peak, detail

Cavern (sketch), Stoneware and Glass

  10”w x 10”h x 6”d