Melissa Huff
106 Greencroft Dr
Champaign, IL 61821
217-359-6610
mhuffltd@aol.comMy current work is plant-based, often with actual seed pods or other plant material serving as a starting point for the form. Some pieces derive from cross-sections of parts of plant anatomy, such as roots and stems.
In my recent hybrid series, I combine plant forms from multiple sources creating new forms which are not meant to be representational, yet are intended to look as though they could exist. The pieces are very much about growth and development, as if caught in the act of becoming something.
My materials and techniques enable me to explore the sensuousness of plant forms, their structure and patterns of growth, the processes of time and the sensory appeal of an opject's tactile qualities.
The natural world can serve as a source of meaningful metaphors for human experience, or it can simply be a springboard for creating objects which seduce.