Sara Hubbs, "Weaning Vessel: Plastic Mom"
$1500. Mold-blown glass, cold-worked, 6.5 x 5.5 x 5 in, 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
My work is grounded in both formal materiality and relational experiences, looking at concepts of care, intimacy and temporality. Influenced by my experience as mother and daughter, the work often references the doubling or folding of time, identity and value. "Weaning Vessel: Plastic Mom" is a continuation of my mold-blown glass sculpture series based on Bronze-Age ceramic vessels utilized to provide nourishment for small children beyond the breast. The basis for the shapes of the glass vessels are plastic packaging from toys and take-out food, the refuse of nourishment, time-saving convenience and play. Like plastic, mothers are seen as a convenience, moldable, pliable, laden with responsibility and guilt and often under-valued. Meanwhile, it is a daily practice to make my art a priority, to make it convenient, and accessible, to keep it close at hand.
Artist bio
Sara completed a BFA in Painting at Arizona State University and an MFA in Visual Art at The George Washington University where she received the Morris Louis Fellowship. Her work has been included in group shows at the Ex-Teresa Arte Cultural in Mexico City, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, NY, Everybody in Tucson, AZ and The Tucson Museum of Art. She attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and at The Cooper Union. In 2019, Sara received a Research and Development Grant from The Arizona Commission on the Arts. Sara was a founding member of the Stew-dio Visit Artist Collective, a 2018 recipient of a stART Mini Grant from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Sara also founded and operates Millville Artist Studios and lives with her partner and child in Tucson, AZ.
$1500. Mold-blown glass, cold-worked, 6.5 x 5.5 x 5 in, 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
My work is grounded in both formal materiality and relational experiences, looking at concepts of care, intimacy and temporality. Influenced by my experience as mother and daughter, the work often references the doubling or folding of time, identity and value. "Weaning Vessel: Plastic Mom" is a continuation of my mold-blown glass sculpture series based on Bronze-Age ceramic vessels utilized to provide nourishment for small children beyond the breast. The basis for the shapes of the glass vessels are plastic packaging from toys and take-out food, the refuse of nourishment, time-saving convenience and play. Like plastic, mothers are seen as a convenience, moldable, pliable, laden with responsibility and guilt and often under-valued. Meanwhile, it is a daily practice to make my art a priority, to make it convenient, and accessible, to keep it close at hand.
Artist bio
Sara completed a BFA in Painting at Arizona State University and an MFA in Visual Art at The George Washington University where she received the Morris Louis Fellowship. Her work has been included in group shows at the Ex-Teresa Arte Cultural in Mexico City, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, NY, Everybody in Tucson, AZ and The Tucson Museum of Art. She attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and at The Cooper Union. In 2019, Sara received a Research and Development Grant from The Arizona Commission on the Arts. Sara was a founding member of the Stew-dio Visit Artist Collective, a 2018 recipient of a stART Mini Grant from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Sara also founded and operates Millville Artist Studios and lives with her partner and child in Tucson, AZ.
$1500. Mold-blown glass, cold-worked, 6.5 x 5.5 x 5 in, 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
My work is grounded in both formal materiality and relational experiences, looking at concepts of care, intimacy and temporality. Influenced by my experience as mother and daughter, the work often references the doubling or folding of time, identity and value. "Weaning Vessel: Plastic Mom" is a continuation of my mold-blown glass sculpture series based on Bronze-Age ceramic vessels utilized to provide nourishment for small children beyond the breast. The basis for the shapes of the glass vessels are plastic packaging from toys and take-out food, the refuse of nourishment, time-saving convenience and play. Like plastic, mothers are seen as a convenience, moldable, pliable, laden with responsibility and guilt and often under-valued. Meanwhile, it is a daily practice to make my art a priority, to make it convenient, and accessible, to keep it close at hand.
Artist bio
Sara completed a BFA in Painting at Arizona State University and an MFA in Visual Art at The George Washington University where she received the Morris Louis Fellowship. Her work has been included in group shows at the Ex-Teresa Arte Cultural in Mexico City, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, NY, Everybody in Tucson, AZ and The Tucson Museum of Art. She attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and at The Cooper Union. In 2019, Sara received a Research and Development Grant from The Arizona Commission on the Arts. Sara was a founding member of the Stew-dio Visit Artist Collective, a 2018 recipient of a stART Mini Grant from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Sara also founded and operates Millville Artist Studios and lives with her partner and child in Tucson, AZ.