Sometimes it’s just a simple subconscious thing, something that crosses my mind or catches my attention. I take notes, make sketches, cut something out of a newspaper or magazine, take a screenshot or a photo with my smartphone. Then I start experimenting, place sketches on the photocopier and deform what I see.
Sometimes it becomes something, sometimes it ends up in the archive. Throw it away? Rarely. I collect for the creative purpose.
Art and design: Why I do what I do
My parents took me to exhibitions as a child. Museums, galleries and artists‘ houses were almost an essential part of our vacations. From Andy Warhol to Max Ernst and Rainer Fetting – I saw a lot, took some as inspiration or deliberately ignored some. Accompanied by the art catalogs on our shelves, art and design was always a passion for me. Today I work as a media designer and graphic artist.
The analog process for creating something new
I always start analog, whether through sketches, snippets from magazines, color experiments or the crumpling of paper. Coincidence often plays a role here. I consciously let the pencil move across the paper, moving my wrist to create forms and objects. Then I draw them out, add details, make abstractions.
Manual processes often create exciting visual effects or textures that I consciously collect and archive for further sometimes digital processing.
