{"id":5722,"date":"2017-10-15T13:19:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2017-10-15T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:29:15","slug":"creators-laura-moriarty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/2017\/10\/15\/creators-laura-moriarty\/","title":{"rendered":"CREATORS – Laura Moriarty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: Laura Moriarty<\/a><\/p>\n

Which came first in your life, the science or the art?
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\nArt came first. But I have always been inclined toward a scientific practice, which involves study, collecting, categorizing, experimenting, etc. Science is naturally part of my aesthetic, but aside from a keen interest, I have no formal science background.<\/p>\n

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Bight<\/p><\/div>\n

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Normal Faults<\/p><\/div>\n

Which sciences relate to your art practice?
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\nI take a great deal of poetic license with the earth sciences.<\/p>\n

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Landslide<\/p><\/div>\n

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Roil<\/p><\/div>\n

What materials do you use to create your artworks?
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\nI have been working almost exclusively with encaustic or pigmented beeswax for more than twenty years. I work with it in a molten state, often pouring it in layers. Temperature is important and the process of heating and cooling: both as it relates to my studio work and as it applies to our environment. It is indicative of the way I have come to draw parallels through my work between human time and geologic time.<\/p>\n

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Churches 1<\/p><\/div>\n

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Churches 2a<\/p><\/div>\n

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Churches 6<\/p><\/div>\n

Artwork\/Exhibition you are most proud of:
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\nI published an artist’s book in 2012 that I remain very proud of, and really grateful for the all-around experience of making it happen. The book is called Table of Contents<\/em>, and it is an artist’s book in the subtle guise of a geology textbook. It has essays by Dieter Roelstraete, Kate McCoy, Jamie Kruse & Elizabeth Ellsworth (aka smudge studio), and a great, smart design by Suzanne Giovanetti.<\/p>\n

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Gemspread, a fold-out feature in the section, ORIGINS & EVOLUTION<\/p><\/div>\n

Which scientists and\/or artists inspire and\/or have influenced you?
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\nSo many! When I was a young artist, John Cage opened my imagination to the deep potential of process-driven work, and a lot of that original spark of excitement and inspiration has remained permanently with me. I think if I had to give credit to one important influence it would have to be writer, John McPhee.<\/p>\n

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Thufa 1<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thufa 4<\/p><\/div>\n

Is there anything else you want to tell us?
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\nI had my first solo museum show <\/a>at the Aidron Duckworth Museum in beautiful New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

Artist Links:<\/strong> Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

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