I recently made a necklace.
When I designed it, I must admit, I didnt have a particular influence in mind. The necklace is based on circles and I like the idea of the circle as a form made up from an infinite number of straight lines – just a nice thought, don’t you think?
So I created the necklace (took a lot of soldering) but this is the end result:
When I showed it to various people, each instantly said it reminded them of a variety of things, all along the themes of fifties/sixties sci-fi, such as Sputnik, satellites, etc. Then one person (Dragon Claw – see their shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/dragonclaw ) said it looked like orbiting planets.
I used to be an amateur astronomer (in my much younger days) and I immediately saw that this was the influence behind the art.
So, the question is, how much influence do subliminal views, thoughts, attitudes and loves, have on your art?
