Pat Owens
Harbinger

Media: Relief sculpture, paper castings

Artist Statement:
I have found that papermaking has given me the opportunity to give new life to figurative sculpture.

In this current series I am using my designed plaster molds to cast pigmented paper pulp. I start with a clay material to sculpt the relief image and then cast this image in plaster. The paper pulp is then pigmented and patted into the mold. After drying the paper casting is removed and ready for my construction.

As part of my overall image I create paper using the Korean Joomchi method which creates some textural surface for my castings. I put these together on a board generally using wire to attach the castings to the board.

I hope to communicate to a broad audience with the intimate scale and timeliness of the work.

Biography

During the many years of her career Pat Owens has worked in multiple disciplines including oil painting, ceramics, glass and papermaking. She is a graduate of Avila College and the Kansas City ArtI Institute, both in Kansas City, Missouri. She is the recipient of numerous awards and her work is collected internationally.