Kaleido Artists
James LakeJames started making sculpture when he first became disabled. He discovered a method of sculpting which allowed him to make large scale work in a non-studio environment - largely using cardboard and paper to make sculpture. The media of cardboard is readily available and portable. When he is working with others the medium can be manipulated to suit all abilities.
He seeks in the fine crafting of a fragile material to bring forward the universal qualities of humanity, strength and vulnerability. These qualities are inherent in the materials of cardboard. He sees the non-disabled and disabled as equal within this humanity and strives to break down the barriers that divide them.
He seeks to make an art that can not be marginalized and dismissed by calling it "disabled art". Art is art. He makes art with a disability. He uses themes of perception and physicality that arise within the realm of disability but he wants to be considered an artist first.
Interview with James. Directed by Shaun Gibbons, edited by Zoltan Seres.
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