Jane Balsgaard- 2/8/15

Jane Balsgaard is a artist from Copenhagen, Denmark. She makes her pieces with very natural materials such as willow that she has grown from her own garden. While there isn't much on this artist, she said that a lot of her inspiration comes from Denmark. She lives in Copenhagen which is between the Baltic sea and North sea. She gets a lot of her inspiration from boats and shapes and colors that she observes on walks through her town. I was introduced to her pieces in class when we were working on the skin and skeleton project. And now after working with this project, there is a lot more that I understand about. For example, trial and error was a huge factor in my piece. It constantly failed, the skin being too heavy for the piece to stay up. Multiple times it collapsed and I had to add weights to it. Because of this project I now understand how great her pieces come out. She probably fails tons of times also, but all of her works is extremely meticulous and beautiful. The colors she uses in each piece are very different but they work well with what she does. I can't imagine the time she puts into each piece, and that makes her a very patient artist, very different from myself. The middle piece sold for $4,000 dollars, it is my favorite of her works! I love the use of different colors and intertwining of the willow wood.