Join us on December 3rd at 4 pm at the Art Reception for the Opening of Art in the Library featuring artists Jeff Huntington and Matia Indigo Jones.
‘Matia Indigo Jones was born on a high desert wildlife refuge and organic farm east of the Cascade Mountains. Lopez Island is presently home. She has deep gratitude for these beautiful lands and lives in continuous dialogue with them.
She creates in a variety of media, finding inspiration in the forms and geometry of nature. Her work is a fusion of the feral and refined, using seeds, feathers, sterling silver, semi-precious stones, mushrooms, wood, clay, pigment, shell. Underlying her creative process is a deep reverence for the magnificent planet that we all share and depend upon. The inherent beauty of any object is inextricably tied to how and of what it is made. Know that there is a deeper unseen beauty and reverence that is part of each of these works. Sustainably sourced materials and processes make her work aesthetically pleasing, as well as ethical additions to your life.’
“Ologies” or
“As above, so below”
by Jeff Huntington
An “ology” is a subject of study or a branch of knowledge. In these works, I explore the medium of stone through microscopic photography or Micrology. A closer look at the abstract chaos and order of Geology reveals relationships to several other ologies which find representation in the colors, swirls, tessellations and/or processes of the individual works. One need only gaze deeply into the pieces with a sense of wonder and imagination.
A list of the most relevant ologies:
Actinology, Aetiology, Agnoiology, Algology, Archaeology, Asteroseismology, Astrobiology, Astrogeology, Atmology, Bacteriology, Batology, Bioecology, Biology, Buddhology, Cardiology, Chronology, Cosmology, Cryology, Cryptozoology, Cytomorphology, Deltiology, Dendrology, Ecogeomorphology, Ecology, Egyptology, Enigmatology, Epidemiology, Ethnology, Exobiology, Futurology, Gemology, Geomorphology, Glaciology, Heliology, Hierology, Hydrology, Ideology, Kymatology, Lithology, Meteorology, Micrology, Mineralogy, Musicology, Mythology, Mycology, Nanotechnology, Nanotribology, Nephology, Oceanology, Oneirology, Ontology, Onychology, Paleoanthropology, Palynology, Parapscychology, Petrology, Pharmacology, Phenology, Phenomenology, Physiology, Phytology, Radiology, Redology, Rheology, Sedimentology, Selenology, Semiology, Sovietology, Speleology, Synecology, Teratology, Thanatology, Thermology, Theology, Ufology, Volcanology, Xylology, and Zymology.
“Redology” is the academic study of
Dream of the Red Chamber (
Honglou Meng) or
The Story of the Stone (
Shitou Ji) a novel composed by
Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. One of the
Four Great Classical Novels of
Chinese literature, it is known for its psychological scope, and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, life-styles, and social relations of 18th-century China.
A poem excerpted from The Story of the Stone:
In darkness languishes the precious stone.
When will its excellence enchant the world?
When seeming is taken for being, being becomes seeming.
When nothing is taken for something, something becomes nothing.
The Stone dispels seeming and nothing,
And climbs to the Gates of the Great Void.
