by: Zeth Vejar
The Sea Turtle
Around my birthday I took a trip with my mom to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. We went to a place called Broadway at the Beach and I saw this big glass looking turtle, I thought it looked pretty cool and so I decided to look around to see if there was an artist name anywhere as there usually would be. And I saw a nametag screwed onto a tree with the name “William Nemitoff” along with an Instagram. So I looked it up and found this guy who made some cool designs that looked similar to this one.
William Nemitoff with the Myrtle Turtle
William Nemitoff has a site called Curious Form which is an art studio that he owns that creates large scale interactive art, Although the Sea turtle isn’t as interactive with the public he has plenty of sculptures and installations that have been featured internationally that are far more popular with the public due to the engagement and interaction. On his Instagram @curiousform he shows both the finished products of his sculptures and his design process along with explanations in his captions of what was used and his overall ideas.
Another one of his works that I enjoyed seeing were his cloud swings, I thought they were pretty cool and he has a few placed in different parts of the world. Overall, although popular in many places I had no idea he existed and I think it’s cool that I found an artist I was interested in while on a casual trip.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE ART COLUMN 