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Lately\u00a0I’ve noticed something that might have always been there, but now I’ve noticed it, it erks me a bit: when you click on an image to have a closer look, you get this message – ‘Tried this Pin? Add a photo to show how it went.’<\/span> and there’s a button to click to add your photo ‘of this pin.’\u00a0 The message might just as well have said ‘Have a go at copying this and let us see how successful you were’.\u00a0 Of course there are no instructions or list of materials, and all artists who display their work understand that imitation\/copying does happen, and can often be regarded as the sincerest form of flattery.\u00a0 But such actual encouragement to copy is a bit annoying.<\/p>\n

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Arcs in the Bungle Bungles series<\/h6>\n

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This morning my eye was caught by a red and cream abstract work of the German multimedia artist Sati Zech<\/span><\/a> on Pinterest.\u00a0 \u00a0There are many images<\/a> <\/span>of her art online, and I loved the way she repeats particular organic shapes, especially the arcs, quarter circles or approximations of, elongated arc-like shapes that I have often used myself.\u00a0 \u00a0I went to her website<\/a> <\/span>and found her to be a very gifted multimedia artist and teacher. Her own media include paper, fabric, plastic, paint and found objects – and probably anything else she sees that grabs her imagination.\u00a0 There is a lot of information on her website, but the closest thing to artist statements are her master class workshop descriptions;<\/a><\/span> from which it is clear her focus when teaching is the basics of design which the student can achieve using any medium and any technique –\u00a0 sculpture, sewing, photography and accessing a wide range of materials.\u00a0 How stimulating it would be to be in such a class.<\/p>\n

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