Christina Odegard
Born in the UK, now living in Los Angeles, Odegard received her degree in Jewellery & Metalsmithing from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work explores materials, colour, texture, density and malleability. Materials inform her process, whether carving, forming or casting. In these works, there is a curiosity with light, whether directly through the material or reflecting from it, a quality which is in constant flux, balancing inquiry with material stillness. By combining different materials in one piece, there is an interaction, a complement which reveals something previously invisible. Odegard is dedicated to the practice of making, using her hands, a sensitivity of touch, to discover the essence of materials. Through the process of subtracting, removing material, there is an inherent risk of losing, but it is this risk, that allows the form to be revealed.
Christina Odegard —
Born in the UK, now living in Los Angeles, Odegard received her degree in Jewellery & Metalsmithing from Rhode Island School of Design. Her work explores materials, colour, texture, density and malleability. Materials inform her process, whether carving, forming or casting. In these works, there is a curiosity with light, whether directly through the material or reflecting from it, a quality which is in constant flux, balancing inquiry with material stillness. By combining different materials in one piece, there is an interaction, a complement which reveals something previously invisible. Odegard is dedicated to the practice of making, using her hands, a sensitivity of touch, to discover the essence of materials. Through the process of subtracting, removing material, there is an inherent risk of losing, but it is this risk, that allows the form to be revealed.