I was asked, “how does one get into this field, into doing land art and stone art installations professionally? Is it possible to pursue as a hobby? Any recommendations?”
This question was posed, on a post I made about this recent land art/stone masonry sculpture installation.
I started as a laborer by day while working on my arts at night. It’s possible to do manual work all day keeping a small idea notebook in your pocket. When the boss wasn’t looking, I’d quick jot down an idea. Maybe a song, or just a line, or a plot idea for a story.
So I learn multiple trades over a decade, and then started my own business (in 2007) and began manifesting my artistic ideas through the medium of stone, using skills developed over a decade working in the trades.
My site is full of DIY ARTICLES if you want to learn the trade side of things. If you want to get into land art/stone art, here’s my recommendations:
Go outside, handle a stone. Gaze upon the stone. See it. Hold the stone, feel it. The shape, the nuance, the millions of years that the stone has been here for. Hold it to your chest. Hum. Feel the vibration of the humming resonate the stone and your bones.
A million years later, if you still exist: handle a second stone. Or draw a picture. Pictures can be drawn with paper and pencil–or with sticks and stones.
Devine Escapes
I was asked, “how does one get into this field, into doing land art and stone art installations professionally? Is it possible to pursue as a hobby? Any recommendations?”
This question was posed, on a post I made about this recent land art/stone masonry sculpture installation.
I started as a laborer by day while working on my arts at night. It’s possible to do manual work all day keeping a small idea notebook in your pocket. When the boss wasn’t looking, I’d quick jot down an idea. Maybe a song, or just a line, or a plot idea for a story.
So I learn multiple trades over a decade, and then started my own business (in 2007) and began manifesting my artistic ideas through the medium of stone, using skills developed over a decade working in the trades.
My site is full of DIY ARTICLES if you want to learn the trade side of things.
If you want to get into land art/stone art, here’s my recommendations:
Go outside, handle a stone. Gaze upon the stone. See it. Hold the stone, feel it. The shape, the nuance, the millions of years that the stone has been here for. Hold it to your chest. Hum. Feel the vibration of the humming resonate the stone and your bones.
A million years later, if you still exist: handle a second stone. Or draw a picture. Pictures can be drawn with paper and pencil–or with sticks and stones.
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