"I think that the thread has definitely been that it’s all sculptural. I’m truly a 3D person. The idea and the making of the work kind of happen at the same time. Or maybe I cant identify exactly what comes first but I feel like I am pushed forward in the studio though making itself. Researching is a part of that but I actually have to have my hands moving."

As Tammie stated in the interview she pushes herself in the studio to create work while her ideas coalesce through the act of doing and pushing forward into the unknown. After the work is done she can then more fully formulate concrete language about its meaning. She creates order from the noise and chaos of her thoughts and ends up hopefully with the visual cues in her pieces that communicate her complete thought process.

Previously her artwork utilized more industrial and recognizable readymade objects that she would then transform and reconfigure through her hand into ceramic sculptures. These pieces were often very colorful, textured, and complex. Her latest exhibition, Everything You Ever, on display at Women & Their Work, utilizes ball moss, wire, steel wool, and other elements as the base of the sculptures.

In the interview we cover the process of making the pieces and also her thoughts about the meaning behind the work. We also talk about the ideas she has explored in her pervious work and how she got into sculpture and teaching, including the details of a class on art & activism.

Be sure to visit her website to see all of her beautiful and intriguing work and if in Austin make your way to Women & Their Work before January 10th, 2019 to see her solo exhibition.

Hometown show

Tammie Rubin

Sat Nov 17, 2018 - Thu Jan 10, 2019

WOMEN & THEIR WORK

The wispy tendrils of the native Texas ball moss serves as a signifier of gathering chaos, conclave connections, concentrated confusion, a labyrinth of values, and growing will. Sculptures are constructed of knots and tangles of twine and rope, embedded with steel wool and cotton, and armatures of wire. These forms are then overwhelmed with porcelain slip, covering, drowning, distorting and obscuring the original. What will be lost? What will remain?

Performance and readings

December 8, 2018, 2pm-4pm

Artist Talk with Tammie at Women & Their Work

January 5, 2019, 11:30am-12:30pm

Intro music generously provided by Stan Killian

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Links:

• Tammie Rubin - website
• Tammie Rubin - Women & Their Work
• ICOSA - members
• Tammie Rubin » Dimension Gallery
• Cage Match Project » Round Vlll
• Tammie R. Rubin | St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas
• Project Row Houses
• Tammie Rubin (@tammierrubin) • Instagram