by Nanci Hersh | Nov 29, 2016 | Inspiration, sculpture
Once again, I seem to be channeling my Inner Hunter and Gatherer. This time, the work is a potpourri of sculpture- my beloved and often enigmatic Nets as sanctuary spaces holding treasures found in backyard gardens and neighborhood walks with my dogs. I have made...
by Nanci Hersh | Nov 16, 2016 | Inspiration, Installation art, sculpture, Works of Art
As with most of my work, the Net sculptures are an intuitive or visceral response to an emotional state or experience. The first of the small sculptures made of wire, paper pulp and encaustic came into being after we moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania several years...
by Nanci Hersh | Oct 28, 2016 | 798 ICAF, Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings, Collaboration, Inspiration
With October winding down on this beautiful windy day I want to acknowledge the journey that my cousin Ellen McVicker and I have been on together with our book Butterfly Kisses and Wishes on Wings. This month marks it’s 10th year out in the world and I want to...
by Nanci Hersh | Oct 23, 2016 | Collaboration, Inspiration, Workshops
Armed with my laptop, a stack of magazines, a pad of tracing paper, and somewhat of a general idea of what form this session will take with the residents of New Castle County Detention Center, I enter the building. Aimee Ellis, the volunteer coordinator and Debbie...
by Nanci Hersh | Sep 29, 2016 | Art Events, artists, Inspiration, Painting, Paintings
Recently I rediscovered a small book gifted to me many years ago. Page after page, the catalogue is an eruption of color in splotches and patterns on vessels that barely contain, yet seem to embody forces of nature…. “Artists get inspiration from the...
by Nanci Hersh | Sep 21, 2016 | Art Events, Inspiration, Italy travels, Open House/Studio Party, Open Studio House Party 2016, Painting
Saturday, September 24, 2016 is our 4th Annual Open House Studio Party. 5-9 pm Sure, I know you’re busy. You probably have a million things going on, we all do. But that’s the beauty of an Open Studio House Party- You can stop by before you head out...
