We are all shapers of stone : Amy Brier at TEDxBloomington

In a poetic exploration, Amy Brier invites the TEDxBloomington audience to look at and think about limestone in new ways. She discusses Indiana limestone as part of our cultural and geologic memory, explores the life energy contained in the stone, and shares her personal relationship with the stone. Brier enjoys a lifelong interest in the arts, resulting in a BFA and a MFA in sculpture and an appreciation of the relationship between sculpture and architecture. She is the founder and director of the Indiana Limestone Sculpture Symposium which has been internationally recognized and has brought artists from around the world to Indiana. Her work can be found on the Indiana University campus, in New York City, and in private and corporate collections. Brier experiments in a form of interactive sculpture called "roliquery" that includes rolling a spherical artwork in sand to create an abstract pattern.

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