Have you ever seen Akira Blount's figures? Here is one of my favorites titled “The Sky Isn’t Falling Chicken Little”. Akira is an artist living and working in Tennessee but she often exhibits her work here in western North Carolina and I have seen many of her pieces at Ariel Gallery in Asheville.Recently a friend and I visited Ariel Gallery and happened to meet Akira's husband Larry. Akira and her husband Larry work together to create these absolutely lovely pieces. What a fun visit we had. Larry talked to us about Akira's attention to detail. She is not adverse to taking something apart, many times, to get it 'just right' and it truly shows. You could look at her figures over and over again, each time catching sight of a detail that you might have missed before.
Here are some of the items she uses in her work – cloth, wood, metal, clay, natural materials, found objects and here are some of the techniques she uses – needle sculpting, dying, woodturning, carving.
This kind of work humbles me – inspires me – and never ceases to amaze me.
"The energy and beauty of nature has always sustained me". - Akira Blount
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