Over all the years of studying
different forms of artistic expression, I have been focusing on exploring
maximum possibilities allowed individually by each branch of arts. All the knowledge gained and many attempts to move the basic boundaries of the
artistic genres are now allowing me the freedom to express my own thinking
through works of art.
Throughout my whole life, I've
been immensely drawn to understand and at the same time to find the appropriate
expression of the term "infinity". The infinity, which appears to me
like something intangible, elusive and senseless, can be simultaneously
perceived in the form of its constantly invisible presence. Infinity as
something that exists and is non-existent, something that begins and never
ends, and is an expression of the eternal, infinite, and unrepeatable. Like
some kind of a repetitive cycle with no exact beginning and no definite end. As
the beginning or the birth and the end or the death, which actually never
really ends or terminates … Within me, infinity acquires a common denominator,
as I feel it as a beginning-end-continuation or as a kind of unstoppable
circulation. My personal need for visual expression or my need to add some
shape to the term "infinity", has awakened the most appropriate
geometric shape in me, that is the circle.
This is how 3D images began to
emerge from my thoughts. However, at this point my reasoning about infinity,
that in my artwork has taken on the form of circle, is far from over. On the
contrary, this is where the unfinished story of my creation begins. Each
circle, cut in the name of infinity, leads me to play with it over and over
again, moreover, it allows me to reach into its infinite depths.
Procedure:
To create a 3D
image, I use three layers or three separate sheets of synthetic paper. At first, I begin colouring
two layers of synthetic paper with alcohol ink in the pre-selected colours, as
the final image of colours is born in my mind even before the very beginning of
my creation. After finishing colouring both sheets of paper, I begin to
manually cut out circles of different sizes, which will be predominantly
visible on the finished painting.
When the first layer of paper is complete, I begin working on the second layer,
which must exactly match the previously prepared layer of paper on each newly
cut hole. Only together, the two layers create a unified image. When both
layers are finished and aligned into a single image, I start to prepare the
third and last layer which serves as a background and is usually covered with
thin sheets of 22 carat gold. Then, all three layers of paper are
closely aligned with spacers of proper height, so that they are not in contact
with each other. In doing so, I create a sort of motion on the finished image,
which evokes to the viewer a sense of depth and infinity with its three-dimensional effect.
All of my handmade
three-dimensional works of art on the subject of infinity are made with a great
deal of personal reassurance and precision, as this technique leaves no room
for mistakes.
