Creative
Claire Fabian of Saraccino tells us about her
work and creative journey.
journey
LEFT - Recent work: “Reminiscence” BELOW - Under the sea” – Earrings
I made the beads with polymer clay and swellegant patina. I still love
and wear them but now I would not have used these bronze findings
to go with the beads. They would deserve a rather organic and more
worn look.
In my work I want to create
stories and images, sometimes
organic or a little bit tribal, or
even playful up to completely
weird. Once I got the compliment my work was odd
(meant in the best way!). Since
then I use this to describe my
work “...to add a little bit of odd
to your life.”
I create due to a simple reason: It keeps me sane. People
smile if I am telling them this
not realizing that I mean this
literally. It keeps me sane
on so many levels. I work in
research and I believe it is
the same creativity, the same
curiosity and more than that
the same hunger that drives
scientists and artists. There are
so many ideas and thoughts in
my head that sometimes it is
a little bit loud in there. Also I
tempt to overthink moments
and worrying too much, to
take over responsibility while a
little bit more distance would
be better and also have a need
for stability that my work in
research is not providing (from
one short term contract to the
next one). It is and never was
enough for me to just read a
book, go to the cinema, meet
some friends, although I love
doing all of that, it is not helping me to relax. But the moment of creation everything
is quiet and focused. Since
the creation process is deeply
personal you can find a part of
my in all my work!
I work with a lot of different
materials. I tend to get easily
bored and need a challenge
and something new to learn
every so often. While I may
never master a single material like someone completely
devoted to it, this is also not
my drive. But what is evolving
is how I combine the different materials, how I am able
to change the components to
go together and that I have so
many possibilities now to get
an effect! Looking back at my
former work (and we are often
just speaking about some
months or mostly one to two
years, not decades!) especially
the work I absolutely loved, I
can see all the imperfections
and what I would do differently nowadays. I know that
I am still far away to really
express all my imagination but
to see the own growth bring
so much delight!
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