Aiden Dale

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Hey! I'm Aiden pleased to make your virtual acquaintance! I am a sculptor based in Durham NC, I do woodworking, printmaking, portrait art and bookbinding but mostly focus on metal sculpture at least for now. When not in the studio I love playing music, mushroom foraging, hiking and finding new unique adventures to experience! Also I'm a sucker for a good pun... Check out my work at www.aidendale.com or on Instagram @aidendaleart. Artist Statement: I feel it is important to focus my creative energy on feeling grateful and seeing the good and beauty in the world. I find people, and nature endlessly inspiring and heart wrenchingly exquisite. I distill down the stunning ornate complexity of a moment into something that can live on. Whether the perfect curve of a smiling cheek or windswept branch, wrinkles in a face that tell the story of every smile and frown, the love or skepticism in a wayward glance, or even the beauty of a rogue insect. I feel there is unfathomable beauty present to us in every moment as long as we can stay open. Sometimes the deepest heartbreak shows the clearest love. I don’t simply want to create a beautiful object but rather a complete organism that is alive and breathing that facilitates an experience with the viewer. Perhaps a feeling of wonder, or a moment of respite that speaks to something deeper, something true.