"Miscellaneous Debris" John Stoelting
John Stoelting says that as a kid, he broke a lot of things (by accident) and that fixing those things is how he learned about how things are put together.
Today, he spends a lot of time looking through lenses-- either at the sky or through a microscope --and loves to teach others how to make things. He has a particular affinity for creating and using tools, and describes the process of making his own metal alloys or reproducing cutlery from 1100 BC as a kind of “experimental archeology.”
Whether it's casting a drawer pull for a friend, learning how to felt, or figuring out how to send an artwork into orbit, John's work comes from a place of curiosity. His artwork (rarely a finished object) sits somewhere in the process of finding, fixing, building, tinkering, and staying busy.
He has an MFA from UNLV, a BFA from Herron School of Art and an associates degree in aviation maintenance. When he’s not making art for himself or others, he teaches and fixes shop equipment at the UNLV Department of Art.
John Stoelting's “Miscellaneous Debris”includes an aggregate of experiments and handmade objects that span over a decade in the making.
