Creator Record
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Name |
Silvernail, Rex |
Dates & places of birth and death |
Died - 2013 |
Biography |
A native of Tacoma, Rex is the son of a logger and homemaker.Rex and his older sister didn't have much exposure to art as youngsters growing up in Tacoma. Following his graduation from high school and initial studies in economics at Western Washington University, art still wasn't in the forefront of his mind. But when he attempted to get out of some humanities courses, he opted to take some art courses to fill the gap.He discovered that he really enjoyed art, enough so that he minored in it. "I took basic drawing classes, design classes, even a jewelry class that I did my best work in," said Rex, who lives in LaCenter Wash., but has worked in Cannon Beach for more than five years."I found the art classes to be the part of academia I enjoyed the most." Rex is inspired by nature or human nature, which he says is probably the same thing.He gets an idea then attempts to render the idea or feeling with a sketch.Then he explores ways to render the form.Most times it's using joinery of some sort, which means joining pieces of wood and/or other materials to form an object. He says he's no expert on wood and would rather use what's readily available than search for a precise piece of wood.That means he's usually working with construction grade 2x4s or 2x6s.His pieces are generally either light and airy, or very heavy. |
