Christina Bothwell, born in the United States in 1960, grew up studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, taught herself how to use ceramics, cast glass, etc., and later became an artist who made sculptures using glass and clay.
Her materials come from a variety of sources, most of which are made of clay and glass, and some use parts as the limbs of the characters, including antique dolls, taxidermy animals, and small furniture accessories.
At a very young age, Christina was fascinated by the concept of the soul, believing that the body was only a small part of people's lives and that the soul was the root of man, so she wanted to try to express her view of the soul with glass sculptures.
Glass, although it is a ubiquitous material, Christina cleverly uses its transparent properties to express people's inner soul and arouse people's deep thinking.
Through the medium of glass, an inner mental state is added to the figurative form of the organism, and the invisible temperament is well captured.
Christina's creation of these fantastic creatures and strange creatures has aroused people's deep fascination and curiosity, and she has made her works have a physical soul, each of which gives birth to a new and perfect self.
The birth, death, and rebirth of all living things in the world are very mysterious and fascinating, and Christina uses her talents to shape those "invisible" qualities to express her feelings about the soul to the audience.
Nature is the main source of inspiration for her creations, with themes including babies, animals and children, as they embody the innocent and fragile nature of the soul.
In each glass sculpture, there is a smaller pictorial pattern that can be seen from the glass surface. They are birds, flowers, and all kinds of plants.
Her works make people feel the endless cycle of life and wandering souls, and every moment is transforming and reborn.
Christina's works try to express to us the relationship between birth, death and rebirth, and the sculptures made of glass show the inner power of living things and convey the charm of light and shadow, as if to tell us that the human world is just a place to stay, and the milky way is the place where the soul wanders.
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