nancy winship milliken

My work involves a partnership with time, the environment, and materials that respond to these elements. Outdoor ephemeral installations change as the wind, rain and sun dramatize the material in the sculptures. Sometimes the capture of the event is all that remains. Other times the resulting indoor installation provides the viewer with an experience of the environmental changes. In untraditional ways I manipulate both man made and natural materials such as wool, steel wool, wax and honey. Often I will install on a farm and witness the animals interacting with the sculpture. Here I find the animals bring a moving high relief for the work in a blending or contrast of form and color.