A Blog Artists Selling Their Work Must Read / http://askharriete.typepad.com

Posted on April 13, 2012 by destructivetesting

      This post is from my Artist of the Day,  Harriete Estel Berman , but I wanted to post is separately because it is too important to miss.  Besides her regular posts, are these permanent articles.

This note from Harriete:     “Great. Please share comments or questions.”   Harriete

PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES   http://askharriete.typepad.com

About destructivetesting

I'm a self-taught artist who prefers to use found objects in ways that were never intended. I'm not interested in making 10 or 100 of the same object. This, of course, takes more time to make each piece. I also prefer a more minimalist look, where each part of a piece can be appreciated. I consider my clocks to be small sculptures with moving parts. And, my lamps to be small sculptures with light. My mirrors are reflective sculptures. DESTRUCTIVE TESTING means to push something to it's limits to understand it's structural performance or material behavior under different stresses. I interpret this in my artwork as using materials in different ways or combinations than they were designed to be used. I also just like the slightly ominous sound of the term...
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3 Responses to A Blog Artists Selling Their Work Must Read / http://askharriete.typepad.com

  1. Irfan Hussain says:
    April 13, 2012 at 10:52 am

    This has been very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. incidentallearner says:
    April 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm

    this is fantastic.Thank you so very much for sharing this!

    Reply

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