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Tara Axford
Abstraction, Intuition, and Reinvention in Art with Monica Rezman
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Tara Axford : Aug 12 2025
In this Friday Feature Artist interview, artist Monica Rezman reflects on letting go of realism, embracing process over perfection, and making art...
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Show Notes
Takeaways from this episode:
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Plastic doesn’t have to be a problem - it can be a possibility! Swapna takes something most of us throw away without a second thought and turns it into stunning, sustainable sculptures. She describes her process as “cutting, carving, and assembling repetitive patterns” to create textures and organic shapes. Could the everyday materials around you have more creative potential than you realise?
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Confidence comes from doing. Shifting from software engineering to sculpture wasn’t easy for Swapna, but she kept at it, knowing that if she could work in a field she didn’t love for years, she could build a creative career doing what she was passionate about. What could happen if you simply started - and kept! - going?
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Awareness is where change begins. Many people who save materials for Swapna have told her they didn’t realise how much plastic passed through their hands until they started setting it aside. Instead of something to throw away, it became something to pay attention to. When you become more aware of a material, you start to think differently about its value. What might happen when you take a closer look at the things you discard?
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