Art Event 2

The art event that I went to was a talk by Tom Kerrigans, which took place a day before his show. I had previously attended this talk before during J-term when he came in for two weeks to help teach the class. He showed us his work throughout his career and how he uses the pinch method to make his pieces. Personally, when I had initially seen the presentation, I was not very interested in it. However, after watching him work for the two weeks and witnessing how quickly he makes the pieces that he does, I was eager to see the presentation again. For me, it was more interesting and I was wowed to see the amount of work he had over this time of working with clay. I talked to him after this about how, before watching him work, I was not very much appreciative of his skills, but after I was simply amazed. In ceramics, I was amazed with the size of his work and how there was not any cracking. After watching this presentation, I had so many more questions than I did when I had initially seen it. Personally, watching a person work is the real art. I feel as though the art of working is more enjoyable than the final product  Yes, I am excited to see what it will be in the end, but watching a person physically work to make that final piece is much more enjoyable. So overall, Tom taught me a lot about art; everything you see cannot be unappreciated.  The amount of time people put into making the pieces they do is absolutely remarkable and after witnessing someone work, you get a better understanding of what they do and exactly how they do it.