ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: Symphony musician Andrea Overturf turns her art of repurposing discarded items and toys into a second career.
"She is 100% a human body in a dress, and she's chained to an electric chair and has this giant light bulb for a head," Overturf said."And so, that image really stuck with me."Andrea Overturf considers this her COVID piece because she felt like a songless, wingless bird during the pandemic.
"She'll take little parts of things and create something new out of it," Stillman said."They might be parts of an electrical box or even old-fashioned light fixtures and light bulbs. And so all of these kind of components are assembled together to create this sort of fierce, curious creature. But, I like to say that it's not so much about a dark and a grim side of things.
She loved how the gesture adds meaning to her art. But these items or sourced pieces can sit around for years as she waits for that"a-ha" moment.When Andrea Overturf saw this antique typewriter she knew immediately what she wanted to make but sometimes source pieces sit around for years before she actually uses them.
It's like the parts worthy of a marriage, because so much of her art feels like living, breathing things that form a relationship. These are not inanimate objects. They all have a personality and she’s the matchmaker that brings them together. It’s a playful process."I had these tentacles that are supposed to be for your fingers," Overturf said as she pondered the pieces in front of her.
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