There is a distinct, fleeting moment that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren chases in her sprawling, dust-dusted workspace—not when a piece is officially declared finished, but the precise second it arrives. It is the instant a creation steps into being, transforming into a version of itself. It is never meant to be…
There is a specific, quiet threshold that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren often returns to when discussing her craft. It is not the moment a piece is finally finished, polished, and signed. Rather, it is the precise, fleeting instant when a piece simply arrives. It is the moment an object transforms, as…
There is a distinct, fleeting moment that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren searches for in her studio practice. It is not the moment a piece is finally finished, polished, and packaged for a collector. Rather, it is the exact instant when a piece arrives. It is the moment a collection of unyielding…
There is a specific, fleeting juncture that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren listens for in her studio. It is not the definitive quiet that follows the final stroke of a tool or the curing of a heavy compound. Rather, it is the moment a piece arrives. As she describes it, this is…
There is a distinct moment that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren describes in her practice—not the triumphant punctuation mark of a finished piece, but the quieter, more complex instant when an object simply arrives. It is the moment a creation becomes a definitive version of itself. Not necessarily the sole iteration, but…
There is a distinct, fleeting moment that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren describes when discussing her creative practice—not the moment a piece is finished, but the moment it arrives. It is the precise threshold where an object becomes, as she defines it, a version of itself. It is not necessarily the definitive…
There is a precise, fleeting threshold that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren searches for in her work—not the moment a piece is definitively finished, but the moment it arrives. It is the instant when an object ceases to be merely raw elements manipulated by human hands and instead becomes, as she describes…
There is a precise, elusive moment that Los Angeles-based sculptural artist Katrien Van der Schueren chases in her workshop—not when a piece is finished, but when it arrives. It is the juncture where an object becomes, as she describes it, a version of itself. It may not be the only version, nor is it necessarily…
