ARTECO Meet the artist


Meet the artist, Stewart Webb

A SELF TAUGHT NATIVE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, STEWART WEBB HAS SPENT HIS LIFE SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH A VAST ARRAY OF TECHNOLOGY. HIS EXPERIENCE HAS RANGED FROM METAL AND ALLOYS TO COATINGS AND SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION. HIS JOURNEY HAS INVOLVED HIM IN POLYMER AND PLASMA ENHANCEMENTS, HOT AND COLD FUSION AND VAPOR DEPOSITION.

HIS DYSLEXIA AND DESIRE TO TAKE THINGS APART HAVE GIVEN HIM TOOLS AND A VISION WHICH IS DYNAMIC. THIS ANNEALING HAS DELIVERED THE ARTIST TO THE PRESENT AND EQUIPPED HIM WITH A BOUNTY OF RESOURCES. WHEN ORCHESTRATED, TALENT AND TOOLS FUSE INTO AN ART FORM KNOW TO HIM AS "TECHNOMONTAGE".

THESE FUSION PROCESSES MERGE ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY, BOTH HARMONIOUSLY AND OBTUSELY, INTO A HIGH TECH NEW AGE FOLK ART. LIKE FRACTALS, WEBB'S WORKS ARE EVER EXPANDING WHEN VIEWED UNDER A MICROSCOPE. THIS MAGNIFIES THE INFINITE EXPRESSIONS REFLECTED IN THE DEPTH OF HIS FUSION SCULPTURES. THE PROCESSES USED ARE SO DYNAMIC THAT NO TWO PIECES ARE IDENTICAL. ALL PIECES ARE MADE SOLELY BY THE ARTIST.


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