Forced to be away from human friends, artist Spencer Hansen spent the last year preparing for
his third solo show at Skye Gallery by making New Friends. He resolved to use the tumultuous
time to dive deeper and push further into his creative landscape. He shared the outcome of his
experience: “I made friends by making New Friends.”
New Friends is an eclectic collection of materials assembled to create a multi-dimensional
interspecies cast of characters. A palette of repurposed materials melded with an intentional
expression of duality; soft fur with hammered brass, ridged textures with delicate ceramic, all
express the colorful emotions of the characters. The collection welcomes us into an unknown
world inhabited by wobbly four-legged friends, hugging loving fluffernutters, faceted space
monkeys, and other oddly familiar yet friendly foreign creatures.