Mayme Kratz

Mayme Kratz (born 1958) is a fine artist and desert forager known for her sculptural and two-dimensional mixed-media polymer resin works[1] that encapsulate and preserve organic materials, in the artist's words, “giving value to things that are normally ignored…overlooked, stepped on, swept up as debris and thrown away”.[2]

The investigative artist gathers materials on hiking and camping trips throughout the southwest. She then layers them with colored resin, transforming these humble materials into lyrical compositions that can suggest astronomical photographs[3] or fine linear drawings. “The sensation is that of a suspended moment in a fragile ecosystem”.[4]

  1. ^ Vanesian, Kathleen (February 15, 1996). "Cast from a Different Mold". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Cushman, Jennifer (2003). ""Elevating the Ordinary to Extraordinary"". Phoenix Home and Garden. March: 164–169.
  3. ^ Nilsen, Richard (January 22, 2011). "Kratz turns tiny objects into cosmic images". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Kelly, Danielle (January 28, 2010). "Desert delight: Chromacity brings the warmth of the southwest to heart of the Springs Preserve". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved February 18, 2017.