To understand the medium, I think you have to draw specifically for it...» Serra's desire to capture this transformation — the very process of printmaking — has led him to experiment with nontraditional materials such as silica and Paintstik to create works that exceed the limitations of traditional printmaking in scale, material, and method. (jordanschnitzer.org)
[1] But most of all they used nontraditional materials such as industrial materials, fire and water, light, and kinetic effects. (en.wikipedia.org)
The under - 40 artists she is tracking include the Conceptual sculptor Kevin Beasley; Hugo McCloud, who uses nontraditional materials in his paintings; and Samuel Levi Jones, best known for his mixed - media works on canvas. (nytimes.com)