2008 Woodie Awards
Creative Juices
Sandness expresses artistic creativity
Dana Johnson
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: Intermission
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Sandness has been recommended by assistant professor of art Justin Quinn to be featured as an artistic influence on campus at SCSU in the first of a series called Creative Juices.
Quinn said he believes Sandness has been a leader in and out of the classroom.
Art has always been a part of Sandness's daily life, but as he enters graduate school, his art seems to be taking over his life.
"I didn't ever really think too much about art as a destination in my life until I went to college," he said. "I kind of decided last minute that's what I wanted to do just because it's something that makes me happy."
Drawing is known to be the backbone of print making because in order to make prints, they need to be drawn first, which is why Sandness decided to major in both.
Creating art as often as a full-time job with a minimum of 40 hours a week, Sandness has many achievements to be proud of.
His work has been shown nationally at various juried and group shows.
He's also participated in a number of print exchanges nationally and traveled to a variety of workshops.
With his own studio in the art building, Sandness has a great deal of space and materials to work with.
He is currently working on two main projects, one of which is mail bonding, a mail-based collaboration process.
According to Sandness' Web site, www.mailbonding.us, the premise behind mail bonding is simple.
"Collaborative artwork holds the potential for a variety of outcomes. The two most common are feeble failure and unexpected success," Sandness wrote. "Often, it seems, the determining factor is involvement. If a work is approached enthusiastically and thoughtfully by all involved, greatness, to some degree, is inevitable.