ART Habens Anne Cecile Surga
representations of her , and I am sure the same would hold true no matter if it were for up to 100 or even 1000 representations .
Thanks a lot for noticing the different levels of interpretation present in my work , and for understanding the way I lead the viewers ’ approach to my pieces . As I did not follow a classic training in visual arts , I learnt to use materials through a lot of trials and errors . I keep on experimenting even today with new materials such as plexiglass , wax , or the use of pigments on marble , and that is how I discover new techniques or discard some others .
I first began to work with clay as it is a material easily available which did not required a lot of investment for a novice artist . But this material has some requirements that do not suit my approach : it is heavy so it needs a structure to support the material from within , it needs to be stored in a specific environment , there should be no air bubble emprisoned in the material otherwise the sculpture will explode when baked and it is not sturdy enough when raw , etc . These technical demands plus the physical limitations of the material made me looking for more . Now I
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