Welcome to my website. I'm Larry Ellingson. I assemble and alter junk to make art. This site was created as a gallery to find images of that art. Soon, you'll be able to see the Real LifeTM series of note cards with my photography. And sooner than later, I'll add some of my original music and sound design creations. So far, this is not a commerce site. If you are interested in purchasing, email or call me.
larry.e@larryellingson.com509-953-8602
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It's fun to make stuff that's interesting to look at. Finding new ways of seeing the commonplace seems like a good idea to me. Many of us daydream and wander through our imaginations. I bring back souvenirs.
The sculptures, boxes and lanterns are a kind of 3D doodling with things I find and collect: junk, texture, media, images, light, sounds and...stuff. A box or object sparks an idea. One idea begets another. A mistake suggests a solution. A dead end is avoided by a search through my palette of junk. The pieces are full of mistakes, u-turns and happy accidents.
There's an inner aesthetic that tells me when it's right...or not. Surprising contrast of texture to object is a favorite, like a green-flocked lawn sprinkler or a gold-leafed walrus vertebrae. Glass lenses, LEDs and other light sources, dimensional fabric paint, indoor tile cement and translucent plastic are very cool. And I love rusted, worn, weathered, old, warped, “non-precious,“ interesting-looking, small, cheap junk.
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