gokul bakshi

Lives and works in New Paltz, NY, USA

Artist statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist born in New Delhi India and educated in India, Scotland and the USA. Ever since a young age I have been fascinated with compilation and the origin of different materials extracted from the Earth. my work explores primordial/intuitive relationships between line angle and curve that emerge both within our society and in nature around us. Parts created for other projects, experiments with no necessary applications are collected and then assembled together. My work primarily uses traditional materials and traditional material processes. The making is oriented around play: forms emerge from the spontaneous interactions emphasising the tactile, totemic, sentimental and mystical nature of jewellery. I am inspired by machinery, science fiction, growth patterns in natural phenomena in both macro and micro worlds and story telling. I fashion pieces of jewellery with these as my guiding intrigues. There are usually never any plans. Each project is oriented around a brief idea and then the material interactions dictate the process to an end. My most recent area of exploration focuses on making work that seems effortless to the maker within the framework of traditionally used jewellery material. This has been in part a reflection of finding a practice that keeps the health of the maker in check since the work so far has been defined by the pressures of making 'likeable' jewellery in an effort to cater to a market and earn a living through my practice in...

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