Moving beyond the importance of the singular object, I find myself more intrigued with the qualities of collaboration by allowing outside limitations into my work and practice. The wooden collages are composed refuse from what other craft-persons consider dispensable. The individual blocks which make up each piece are my choice in placement, but not in form. I see these works as a collaborative effort in a sense. Each end-cut, when re-formated in a new way, now serves as symbol of re-identity for the person who previously disavowed its importance. Creating this work has enabled an approach and awareness to my practice I have not previously considered. These items of organized presence are a record of understanding the value and impact that other peoples’ acts have on my work, intentional or not. The refuse of a craft process can have the same, if not more, of a conscious connection to our material selves. As we have developed craft objects, they in turn have further developed our notion of being through our push for advancement. The use of refuse material suggests what is missing from our actual need of contemporary objects; a recognition of labor. By accepting a collaborative mental approach to making, a crafts-person can have a greater effect on a community rather than any singular interpretation of it.
Jason Lee Starin
October, 2010
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