The Wrecking Ball

John Reid
Salt Spring Island, BC

Dimension

29" x 12" x 9"

Médium

Mixed media—ceramics, metal and electrical parts

Mixing mediums has become an exploration into the synergy of seemingly unrelated objects that will manifest and coalesce into a uniquely singular piece: in effect, the sum of its parts.
 
A shifting highrise, a metal crane wielding a glass wrecking ball, working in concert to provoke constructive conversation about the future of our aging cities.

The Wrecking Ball

John Reid
Salt Spring Island, BC

À propos de l'artiste
À propos de l'artiste

John Reid
Salt Spring Island, BC

Upon graduating in 1979 from a three-year arts program in Cornwall, Ontario, I worked as a senior layout artist for a retail food distributor, an art director for a Calgary business magazine, and finally a corporate graphics designer, managing a team of designers, photographers, and videographers. Along the way, I received awards for excellence in magazine design and for international trade show booth design. My proudest accomplishment: employee of the month! Along the way, clay work has remained a persistent passion, and this forty-year adventure has formed the building blocks for the sculptural artist I am today.