Erika Wannamacher, Sculptor Interview filmed by Aaron Harrington as part of his TALENTree Webseries.

Today on The TALENTree we are featuring a sculptor named Erika Wanenmacher who makes assemblage art and found object art. Her space is called the ditch witch store because she makes her assemblage art as sculptural magical spells and the found object art is made from objects she finds in the ditch. Each magical piece of assemblage art is made with a specific intention to heal someone or give a blessing. She creates the assemblage art with old bottles and objects she finds while she is walking her dog.
Description from Erik's Website http://www.erikawanenmacher.com

Erika Wanenmacher

Erika Wanenmacher is an artist who lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Described as a local maverick, her work has been shown nationally and internationally. Her work often investigates the conflicts between nature and culture, and a large body of work is derived from New Mexico's atomic history.
Gifted with a skilled technical hand and a facility for adapting to new materials, her work is guided by the principles of alchemy and the belief that each object made is a spell- with the unlimited possibility for change and remediation.
Her work encompasses any and all materials and techniques including carved and painted wood, forged steel, cast aluminium, sand paintings, leaded glass, projected video,a propane-powered V-8 Volvo hot-rod, and ranges in scale from the intimate object to large-scale installation.
Erika's work is represented in Santa Fe, New Mexico by Linda Durham Contemporary Art.

Erika currently teaches sculpture at Santa Fe Community College.