Anna Hepler

 

Anna Hepler

Anna Hepler is a sculptor and printmaker based in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Her dynamic art practice blurs the lines between two and three dimensions. Any action in one material or medium gives her a sense of possibility in another. Wire forms flatten into drawings, clay impersonates metal, plywood coils like rope, plastic inhales and exhales. Working in both hand-held and architectural scales, Hepler values embarrassment, uncertainty, blunder, and fragility as active agents in her studio process.

 

Where do you call home? 

Greenfield, Massachusetts

 

How would you describe your creative practice?

Sprawling

 

How do you typically start your day? 

Drinking tea

 

What are some of the recurring themes and explorations in your work?

Networks, linear structures, modular systems, games, puzzles

 

What studio item can you not live without?

Electric hot water kettle

 

What is your earliest memory of making something?

Drawing at the kitchen table after coming home from school

 

Who are your biggest influences?

Folk artists

 

What do you do when you encounter a creative block?

Procrastinate

 

What are some small pleasures you have been folding into your life?

Making functional pottery, gardening

 

How do you know when a piece of work is complete? 

When I am ready to move on

 

Tell us about the design (or designs) you’ve created for Designtex.

Bloom is a woodcut I made for an exhibition at Suyama Space in Seattle, WA in 2011. The Inflatable Drypoints were made in 2010 by tracing the structure of inflatable plastic sculptures into plexiglas, and printing them on an etching press.