AUSTIN COUDRIET
STATEMENT
My studio practice is an ongoing tactile conversation between soft amorphous forms and rigid linear components. Daily visual experiences of infrastructure found within the natural environment are re-contextualized through the lens of play into nonrepresentational, interactive sculpture. Amid a collision of rudimentary shapes, inspired by Deconstructivist architecture my compositions are rendered. Lines find edges, and shapes find volume.
As a child I would draw with my father, an architect. I was fascinated by the way he built with lines, they exceeded their boundaries yet were contained by the image they formed, loose but intentional. As my own drawings developed I began to explore three dimensional fabrication. I discovered how working with clay could successfully help me achieve what I was depicting on paper. Quickly my lines translated into coils, and those coils into sculpture. I collect inspiration from modernist design, mid-century modern furniture, scaffolding and clouds.