Yamini - The Chronic Maker

February 27, 2018

Yamini - The Chronic Maker

Objective:

What are the core emotions experienced during working with one's hands? Are these core emotions common to the varied hand-building mediums that Yamini works with? How does Making connect with the inner being?

Notes on Preparation:

1) You have dabbled in so many art forms, are they different or are they all similar at the core?

2) Do you aspire to excel when you begin to make?

3) How are our artistic pursuits different or similar in experiences?

4) Has making changed you?

5) Do you see the changes playing out in your life?

6) What does directed/ technical making do to you? How is this experience different?

7) How do you attain perfection or mastery as you move from one to one?

8) How do you ascertain value to what you have made?

Some of Yamini's Jewellery and Miscellaneous artwork.

Discussion: Yamini is a maker who dabbles with varied mediums of art (Jewelry, Clay, Painting, Metalsmithing, Art, Papercraft, Shibori, and Screen printing)
I interviewed her to understand her mind space while she makes and how she dabbles with so many forms with such confidence. The long meandering conversation brought out the relationship Yamini has with making and using her hands. We spoke at length about what the idea of mastery, value, freedom and personal gratification meant to her.

Yamini's Japanese inspired glazed pottery from her 3 months in Andretta.

Action: I created a little technique where I laid out all of Yamini's work as exhibits. I asked her to walk around and revisit them with a discerning eye and write out the emotions, memories, challenges, feelings or any thought her work evokes within her. These visual cards guided our conversation.