Jordan Sprigg: Metal Wildlife Sculptor - Epi. 363, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

Doing podcasts can be such a joy and it was with Jordan Sprigg. This is the beauty of social media and the internet. My son and I found images of Jordan"s sculptures online and we both gravitated to the man"s work. It"s just so interesting. He uses found material to build these beautiful sculptures of wildlife. Fish, ibex, rhinoceroses horses, etc. He seemed like a really creative and genuine person on his Instagram account so we reached out to him in Australia to do the podcast. He lives over by in Perth (Or at least not too far from Perth) and he said, sure, I"ll do a podcast with you. You can feel the joy in this man"s work. I recommend  watching it on YouTube, just because you can see the smiles and the wonderment of how he became the artist that he is today. He was a kid that drew and played with Legos, but he went to university for psychology and that"s where he thought he was going end up. You see, he"s a fourth generation farmer, in Australia. Then one day he art world  finally opened up to him when he visited a sculpture exhibit on a beach in Australia. He was able to show his work through Instagram, and his account blew up to over a million followers. So and we talk about that, what is that like to have so many followers and how he deals with all of the attention.  Jordan even had one video that had over 50 million views. So I had to ask him what"s it like to go viral, you know? You might be  surprised about his thoughts on something like that. I know I was. That"s what this whole podcast is about. Identifying those unique voices in the world. In this case, it"s an artist who creates because he must create. So I hope you enjoy. This is Art Dealer Diaries Podcast episode 363 featuring Jordan Sprigg.