Artist Statement

My work is about vessels: vases, boats, capillaries, and botanical. I am drawn into the world of containers and space.

My art work is an overflow of my enthusiasm for and interest in creating, defining and preserving spaces.

Just a few of the concepts that I explore in my work are:

- The way a mustard seed is a vessel that can carry the DNA of the plant through thousands of years.

- The way giant vessels of metal ply the oceans and air day and night carrying cargo.

- The fact that our bodies are vessels for our minds and spirits.

I am compelled to reduce my materials to very small pieces and reassemble them into large shapes that hint at mass but remain a sort of sketch.

I strive to use materials in their most basic and natural forms.

Thanks for the interest in my work.

 

John Mayo is a sculptor and industrial designer living in White Salmon WA. He received a Masters of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2000.

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