"Essentially what I do at the studio is play."
3 words: Texture, wires, reflections
Kiyomi Iwata is an internationally recognized artist. I really enjoyed Iwata’s lecture, which was very small and intimate. It was the first artist lecture that I have attended that is not a photo/film lecture in the past two years. I found it completely fascinating to hear an artist who uses a different medium.
Iwata showed us the vessels that she makes and how they inspire her to try new things when making them. For instance, one specific piece Iwata showed us she said she hung the piece on the wall in her studio to examine it and after she did she noticed shadows that reflected off her piece on to the wall. Kiyomi Iwata stated that she “ liked how the shadows on the wall were intertwined and shared the same weight as her sculpture did. I really enjoyed how she examines and will continue works even after she thinks it is complete. My favorite quote from Iwata during the lecture was, “sometimes an accident happens and you like it so it happens.” Meaning that when something you think is a bad accident occurs when creating something and then you notice that it changes or helps your piece in an unexpected way that you embrace it.
Another thing that I found interesting during Iwata’s lecture was that she uses all the stages of production of her materials. Traditionally, Iwata uses mostly silk from its first stage of production to the very final stage where she uses the ends and scraps of the rejected silk ends.
Kiyomi Iwata didn’t answer my questions. However, one question someone asked after the lecture that I found interesting was that Iwata works in a large range of scales and what curves her decision on what piece should be what size. Iwata said that she works very intimately with all her work. Iwata stated, “It’s good to work small, digest the piece, figure out the projects flaws and then move on to larger pieces.” Overall, I really enjoyed Kiyomi Iwata’s lecture.
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