Mixed Media, New to One of a Kind
Erik Goddard
Scenes, dioramas & architecture in miniature
I use mixed media and sculptural freestyle to create miniature scenes that evoke faraway places, imagined timelines, and impossible situations.
The works range from the simple to the intricate, showing multiple views and angles, or making a complex or abstract statement. Most of the artistic themes I try to portray are ones of opaque contradiction and upset reality: unexpected things happening in normal situations. That feeling of a midnight occurrence on a sunny afternoon. A shadow with no source of light. A sense of deja vu. Being in a dream from which you cannot awake.
Unless the piece is a model of a house or structure, for me, a successful vignette or diorama should tell a story. Some narrative should emerge from the object. I am inspired by experiences I see when out and about in life, or when browsing through images, surfing house listings, or just thinking about life – especially houses, doors, windows, and people interacting within them. In particular I am drawn to imperfection: rust, aged wood, cracked plaster, broken bricks.
The works range from the simple to the intricate, showing multiple views and angles, or making a complex or abstract statement. Most of the artistic themes I try to portray are ones of opaque contradiction and upset reality: unexpected things happening in normal situations. That feeling of a midnight occurrence on a sunny afternoon. A shadow with no source of light. A sense of deja vu. Being in a dream from which you cannot awake.
Unless the piece is a model of a house or structure, for me, a successful vignette or diorama should tell a story. Some narrative should emerge from the object. I am inspired by experiences I see when out and about in life, or when browsing through images, surfing house listings, or just thinking about life – especially houses, doors, windows, and people interacting within them. In particular I am drawn to imperfection: rust, aged wood, cracked plaster, broken bricks.
