My 1st Prototypes – Video Art Presentation:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqr4sU7yXfg&w=560&h=315]
How could I ever begin to tell this story? I will start from somewhere, anywhere, and if, at some point… I will feel lost, I shall Return to the Centre of the flower, start over, again and again…
The Flower’s Heart
I think of myself as an Artist, by elimination, no other title can define me. I create… Days pass submerged in large portions of what normally is called “daydreaming” which to me is exploration, a journey in the lands of Ideas and Notions.
When I am alone I write, paint, sculpt… listening to music, all through and thanks to this journey.
Outside, I am naturally drawn to “Flower Soldiers”, as I name them. These are the flowers one can see growing out of cracks in the cement tiles of sidewalks, or at the edges of streets. When walking by I stop and take pictures of them. After a greeting speaking: “Good day!” or “How are you today?”
I have a son, his name is Joe, and many more kids, children I teach… To me childhood is a “Flower Soldier”… The flower that grows within the cracks of hardened adulthood. “Thin and delicate wisdom can grow there too!” children teach.
My works of Art are little stepping stones, achievements along my path. Fruit of meditative writing and experimentation with different materials. Unfinished, mostly, work in progress, holding matured meanings yet missing the finishing.
Having observed that, just before the end, I rest… Leave the Artwork for later. I do not forget about it… it’s as if a voice tells me: “No matter what you do next, it will still be incomplete”.
And I now conclude that possibly, that “something missing” is YOU. The person to pass it on, to.
Human Vessel
Lately I researched the reality of the Butterfly. The ways it transforms, the stages… Being so clear, I found it quite hard to look away.
Of course the butterfly had somewhat 56 million years to master such clarity, mutate it into translucency… But here we are, hopeful to one day, maybe become as translucent and free as the butterfly. In tune, within a mutualistic lifestyle, with the flowers.
These discoveries, briefly summarized here, came through the creative process of a ceramic Art piece of mine, “Human Vessel”. A sculpture with which I identified, since during drying time would persistently crack in the regions of the body I usually feel tensions in.
The “Human Vessel” sculpture is shaped in the form of a cave human body, positioned horizontally with hands in prayer. I imagine the environment for this creation to be a Chamomille field. Have a set idea for its final stage, but I wanted to share it with you at the “Before last” stage…
After all, the butterfly’s gift to humanity comes before it frees itself of the Chrysalis…
Silk is the gift, the soft pad it leaves behind just before meeting its new self.
Prototypes
Drops falling from the Sky
Roots firm and tight
Flames rising up high…
Into the flight.
The Journeys:
Departures and Returns of Light
This sculpture isn’t for sale, yet again, if anyone appreciates the concept and would like a similar sculpture be made entirely for them, this is my email: hena79@gmail.com
The idea is to create singular pieces holding traits and features of the uniqueness in each BEING, through gentle ART.
Yours truly,
Helga Natoli * 16/05/2019
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Handful
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1YiXs8ZFt4&w=560&h=315]
The prototype of an Artwork meant to be used as a liquor glass! In this prototype, you can see a hand holding a leaf, however, depending on the features that most describe an individual, there could be a variety of objects to create. I would like to imagine a whole set of hands, in different positions, holding many other natural forms such as flowers, shells, a bird’ nest… Contact me if interested! 🙂
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Little Hideaway
https://helganatoli.com/2020/01/05/little-hideaway-article-1/