Jason Hackett Questions

Questions

1. When did you become an artist and what made you know this was what you wanted to do for a career.?

2. Why do you use clay for a lot of your finished products?

3. What is the meaning behind two beards gold leaf?

4.why are a lot of the works shown a bunch of things put all together in one? And when making all of your works what do u look to include each and every one?

5. How long did it take to create "Laborer"


Comments

1. He works a lot with ceramics. I thought it was interesting the way he puts together his finished works.

2. He uses a lot of different pieces and puts something together with meaning behind it.

3. I noticed that feet were in a few of his works, and what is the meaning behind using it to create your finished piece?

4. The two beards piece was very strange i thought. I wonder what made him think to create it.

5. I noticed a lot of red and blue color in his pieces. Also the plates are broken and used to put together a finished product in a bunch of his pieces.

Follow Up

     I thought talking to Mr. Hackett was a good experience just like the previous Skype call. It really helps you to understand an artist better when you talk to them first hand and see how they come up with their ideas. Mr. Hackett really seems like he knows what he wants to be as an artist and won't let people who don't appreciate his work affect him. While on Skype we got to see his studio where he makes all his pieces. You can see he is a hard worker by the amount of material and artwork scattered everywhere. He seems like he has plenty of good ideas that pertain to what he values in his artwork. The way all his pieces are put together from all different things and made into one thing with meaning is the cool part about it. Even though you don't fully understand every piece talking to him allowed me to further observe his pieces in a different way and understand them better.