Creteur

Creteur is an experimental approach to design in which the product possesses zoomorphic qualities and a unique personalit y through the culmination of texture and posture in a single animate-form. The word “animate” is not to be confused with “motion.” According to Greg Lynn in the book Animate Form, “while motion implies movement and action, animation suggests animalism, animism, evolution, growth, actuation, vital it y and virtualit y.” Therefore, Creteur is meant to evoke the idea of movement, rather than l iteral movement, through its form, posture and texture. Each Creteur sculpture inherently possesses t wo segments: a body and legs. The body is the mass of the of the overall form, and the root source of its legs, or appendages. Individually, the t wo parts maintain their specific characteristics but combine to invent a new physique. Posture is the choreographed position of the Creteur; its position in space, and its relationship with the ground. Personalit y and character are achieved through posture. The positioning of each Creteur determines its attitude and the overall atmosphere of the inhabited space. Posture al lows them the abil it y to completely change the aura of a space. Texture exists ever y where, however, it is rarely manipulated to achieve desired effects outside of comfort or friction. Creteur has the unique abil it y to address the topic of texture in a way that advances the idea of an animate form, or l iving “creature.” Creteur presents this dynamism in the high resolution texture present in the flesh, adding to the implications of movement and weight; gravit y.

Preston Welker

Screen printed by hand on marble fabric. A light hand motion while printing results in faded text.

A custom version of the Beautiful Field collection where the legs proclaim their own posture.

“THIS is not this” references a 1928 painting by Rene Magritte title “The Treachery of Images.”

Creteur’s allude to softness, but contradict this notion through materiality. It is an offensive gesture.

Creteur