Kim Cridler

I was completely inspired by last Wednesday and the time we got to spend with Kim Cridler both in the studio but also during her lecture. One of the main reasons she inspires me is because she is so down to earth, funny and of course greatly talented. She kept making comments like "I'm not good with math" or "I suck at this." She was comfortable in her own skin enough to admit she wasn't great at every thing and that she has had her fair share of struggles to get where shes at. Many people and teachers that I have encountered lately have been suggesting that the art seen sucks and that being an artist you wont make it. She inspired me when she said she worked at Starbucks and did her art work on the side. I thought that was great. The other part was how good she was at teaching this new technique to our class. I had a blast! Her work is interesting to me because of the form she uses is generally thought to hold things and how she constructs them, they are no longer functional objects. Her concept is strong and shows though in her work that the history of the object is very important along with the decoration that goes with it. I enjoyed her works that used the soldering of steel wire the most because of the class. I plan on following her work.