Liminal Space Art Blog
"With dawn of the new year on the horizon, I resolved to exert my will on the world." -Holly Black
Capturing Miniature Worlds
Enshrined” connects me to early spiritual experiences and Aunt Julie’s religious shrines, where I first met Mary and Jesus. It recaptures childhood wonder and echoes my lifelong fascination with creating miniature, liminal worlds. Inspired by my childhood, where I built tiny rooms in drawers, this piece reflects my inner child’s ongoing exploration. My art, influenced by memories like dollhouse shows and a homemade dollhouse in a chifforobe, blends the past and present. It’s a journey of rediscovering and lighting up these small, frozen-in-time spaces, now easily illuminated with LED lights, symbolizing my creative evolution and the enduring allure of tiny, mystical, liminal universes.
The Art of Miniature Spaces
The art of miniature spaces is a chance to capture the energy and spirit of the liminal. The art of creating and recreating small spaces holds a unique charm, bringing back the nostalgia of childhood play and imagination. For me, this creative journey began with a small box, a simple yet potent canvas for my artistic expression.
Capturing Creation from the Beginning
This is a 3D work on a rotating base that’s made from wood and stained to appear as though covered in water. My favorite 3D part of all these pieces is the “glow.” The use of literal “light” (blue LED light) captures a greater sense of God’s presence and power “in the beginning.” The sculpted angels invite the viewer to consider them as God’s emissaries. I hope that they guide in the impossible task of capturing creation from the beginning.
Liminal Art Journey: Thresholds
“Ten Rides on the Carousel” is a recollection of my first trip to Central Park. I got 10 rides on the park’s intricately carved, colorful, creatures rising up and down in tandem upon the spinning, bejeweled platform. Dad watched and waved as the music played and the whole world spun around me. . The piece de resistance is grasping the handle of the hand drill and driving the gears to make the carousel spin. An additional curiosity that would pique a child’s imagination is the removeable animals that I fancy could be believed as “real” and used to rehearse a story of a day on the merry go round. Liminal Art Journey: Thresholds is an invitation for the artist to play with time as they ponder and explore this 3D creation.
Making a Lazy Susan for a Sculpture
Making a lazy susan for a sculpture can fascinate the viewer and capture them in the “Right Now.” The lazy susan in this image gives the artist and art appreciator the chance to spin a 3D creation and view it at all angles. This sparks conversation, imagination, and a sense of magic in the viewer and creator.
Liminal 3D Assemblage Lamp
This Liminal 3D Assemblage Lamp uses past experiences to recreate a tangible memory of my mother. I titled this piece “Charisma” because my mother had charisma along with unique tastes and a sophisticated, Victorian flare. She’d love this lamp and the ways it shows that I have inherited her creative spirit. It would have been front and center in our home. She would have told everyone how beautiful it was. I sense how proud she is of me.
Liminal Art Starts Conversation
The paper flowers that wrap around this sculpture are meant to evoke a feeling of life bursting from the earth in spring. They are covered with a light dusting of snow which appears to be melting. This sculpture spins on its base and has a wind-up music box that plays the song “Edelweiss.” This piece shows how liminal art starts conversation. It raises the question, “Why?”
Time for Old Me and New Me
I made a sculpture about Old Me and New Me. It began with a small wooden box. It became a voice for who I was and who I now am. There is a bud inside the box, and it represents the unfurling of new thoughts, beliefs, and convictions lying within me and on the precipice of being released. There is also a burgeoning flower in the box, and it represents the unfolding of my mind. This unfolding is a flourishing of what was once buried. “Old Me” and “New Me.”
Art and Liminal Space
Liminal Space Art is a book about liminality expressed through words and paintings of collage artist, Alisa E. Clark.
3D Liminal Self-Portrait
I needed a way move through time and space to tell this part of my story. It required portals: doors, sky, air, water, and a way to move in and out of a space. This made experimenting with 2D and 3D expressions of these gateways wholly necessary. This is my “old style” mixed with a new execution.