I am a sculpture professor. I enjoy long walks on the beach, classical guitar by moonlight, candle lit dinners, and pouring molten iron. My sculpture incorporates many media including cast metal, fabricated steel, fabric, resin, and environmental installations using natural materials. I have a number of side projects going which offer opportunities for artists to solidify the contemporary sculptural community through collective work, both online, and in the "real world" Be sure to check out Imagillaboration.org visit my personal site at Cottrellsculpture.com and watch for new a online iron casting community...coming soon.

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Welcome to

Imagillaboration

A Creative Synthesis of Imagination and Collaboration

Inspired by the “Exquisite Corpse” collaborations of the surrealists, and born from the belief that, however many of us there may be, contemporary sculptors comprise a true community, comes IMAGILLABORATION.

This Project seeks to bring a community made up of visionary and creative individuals even closer together as we share our unique skills and inspired perspectives on art through the process of collaboration.

Overview:

Groups of artists from around the country will work collectively over the course of a year to produce a body of sculptural work, one sculpture for each person participating.

Groups will consist of eight people. At the beginning of the project, each artist will start a sculpture by creating an element that will be added to by the other participants in the group.

Every Six weeks for 48 weeks the sculptures will be passed on to other members in the group. At the end of the 48 week period, all of the pieces will have been worked on by each member of the group.

The Project will culminate in a traveling exhibition and virtual exhibition on the Imagillaboration web site.

Note:

Although loosely based on the "exquisite corpse" concept of collaboration, Imagillaboration will differ from that format in that it will not be a "blind" collaboration. Participants will be responding to the elements that have already been incorporated into each piece as they add their own section to the sculpture. An ongoing dialog between artists in a group is encouraged. This way of approaching a collaborative project is more fun, and will produce a better result.

The Imagillabortion Project is now "live" and seeking participants.

For more detailed information please read the GUIDELINES

This project promises to be a HUGE success, and has the potential to grow exponentially. YOU can help make that success a reality. SUPPORT Imagillaboration

WE WILL BEGIN IMAGILLABORATIONING JULY 15th 2007!!!

Click HERE to register to participate

Register by July1st 2007!