It was great to visit with Kia Neill over the holidays and preview her latest project Terrain, an installation where viewers walk through an intimately lighted, textured environment. It is being exhibited at the Women and Their Work Gallery from January 16 – February 27, 2010 and is a must see geological discovery for those of you in the Austin area!
Each of the crystal formations are made out of Compact Dics (CDs). What an ingenious and brilliant way to recycle materials!
I am also excited to show you an example of Kia’s new collection of work that will be offered at Ashes & Milk within the next few months.
Kia created the sculpture Frost, shown above and detail below.
Exquisitely tactile and visually stimulating, Kia’s sculptures contain an unexpected use of materials such as paper-mache, plaster, steel, polyurethane, glitter and flocking fiber.
Below is another one of Kia’s pieces Geode, a small cavity of rock that is embellished with a splendor of rhinestone crystals and plastic flora.
[ You can see more work by Kia here.]
