Root People

Belinda Subraman

In the late 1990s, I had access to a foundry, and I had always wanted to make sculpture. During a two-year period I made ten pieces, three in bronze and the rest in cast stone and plaster. I began by fashioning the sculpture in clay over a period as short as a few days and as long as a few weeks. Once I was satisfied, I applied several coats of latex until it became thick enough to create a mold sturdy enough to hold the casting material. After this two year period of sculpting, I lost access to the materials, the foundry, and the lifting devices. For the last several years, I have turned to mixed media — mostly ink and acrylic.

Beside being a mixed-media artist, Belinda is also a poet and the publisher of GAS: Poetry, Art & Music multimedia journal which features interviews, readings, performances and art shows available free at https://youtube.com/BelindaSubraman and https://gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com. Her art has been featured in Flora Fiction, Unlikely Stories, Eclectica, North of Oxford, Raw Art Review, El Paso News, Beyond Words, and Red Fez. She sells prints of her work in her Mystical House Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/mysticalhouseand she is on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysticalhouse/