She was so blinded by love that she didn't understand what she was doing. You have to be able to see things beyond what is given to you. You have to be able to walk into another world and be really willing to give yourself over to your imagination. For sculptor Tim Curtis, that means exploring man's relationship to the natural world. Curtis' underlying philosophy is that the sculpture's material is as important as the form.
All materials have intrinsic value and associative meanings.
For example, wood is an organic material and is perceived as 'warm,' but you'd never refer to steel that way. In his classes, Curtis talks about materials and techniques, but he also talks about where ideas come from. If I have to err, I'd rather err on the side of teaching concepts, because you can always go to a hardware store and get advice on how to weld, but a plumber can't tell you how to develop your own ideas. I show students everything that's out there and try to help them find their own unique voice, to question who they are and what's important to them, and to put the answers into their own work. That's the kind of inspiration graduate student Frank Wick, age 28, appreciates.