Im-ple-ment Archive

2018.14LLYarn, earthenware, maple, mixed media3 x 4 x 1”2018
Image courtesy of Linda Tien

2019.3ELEarthenware, wood, aluminum wire5.5 x 4 x 2.5”2019
Image courtesy of Linda Tien

2019.10ELEEarthenware, maple, copper5.5 x 2.75 x 2.5”2019
Image courtesy of Linda Tien

2020.19ELEarthenware, brass, found object8 x 1.75 x 2”2020
Image courtesy of Linda Tien

2019.27LEEarthenware, mixed media2.75 x 2 x 1.25”2019
Image courtesy of Linda Tien

2018.6LWool yarn, mixed media, found objects12.5 x 2 x 1”2018
Image courtesy of Linda Tien

The Im-ple-ment Archive is a union of craft and tool, metal and earth, marrying the skills of Linda Tien and Ellen Kleckner playfully in the landscape of the uncanny valley. The archive is colored by a reinforcement of the perseverance and fluidity of individual and collective identity. One hesitates to define the objects or the archive in general - yet the archive extends a warm invitation into the dissonance of the urge, the attempt, and the guess. A joyous inquisition of convention and definition.

-Ian Carstens

Im-ple-ment Archive

A joyous inquisition of convention and definition. The Im-ple-ment Archive is an evolving collaborative exploration of tools, utensils and other pieces of equipment used for a particular purpose between visual artists Ellen Kleckner of Iowa and Linda Tien of Indiana. Applying an intuitive consideration to the familiar visual vocabulary established by a lineage of makers - through both process and material - the IA questions the commonplace or recognizable. Through altering "domestic" forms, the IA acts as a documentation of the evolution of utility, form, function and maker through the employment of cooperative play and exploration tempered with tradition.

In addition to being a featured artist with Glass Breakfast you can find the work of the Im-ple-ment Archive at im-ple-ment.com and on Instagram, as well as their individual work at ellenkleckner.com and lindatien.com.

Interview also available on Indiana-focused streaming platform hoodox.tv

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