Tessa Blazey - Pieces of Eight

Artists | Tessa Blazey
"My work is a series of experiments with form and space. It is very sculptural and plays with light and shadow to define spaces within. I am inspired by ideas of the imagination, geometry and shifting scales.

A concept I keep revisiting in my work is that appearances are deceptive. This is where my fascination with camouflage and illusion stems from. There is often more to things than meets the eye � and it�s when those things begin to reveal themselves that they become engaging and draw me in.

I have been fascinated with the natural forms of minerals. The structures of these minerals are extraordinarily beautiful � they often grow in very pure geometric forms that look artificial or manufactured when they are in fact naturally occurring. (i.e. tetrahedrons, cubes, octahedrons, dodecahedrons and icosahedrons). Many of them resemble a form of miniature architecture. I imagine myself being miniature and experiencing them at a new scale - like tiny buildings or even fictive cities."

Exhibitions at Pieces of Eight

Fabrication
August 18 - September 12, 2009