The phrase 'mundane material' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is ordinary, dull, or common. For example: The presentation was filled with mundane material, and most of the audience quickly lost interest.
"It makes a mundane material cheerful," he said.
"It turns this quite mundane material into something beautiful.
"Love, life and death - all of that is the most mundane material for artists.
"He realized that by taking a mundane material like glass, and adding artistry, he could reach a wider audience".
For its new Wire Nest lighting series, the Gold Leaf Design Group in Chicago has taken a mundane material — iron wire — and turned it into a focal point.
Andy Strasberg, a former Padres marketing executive, had an idea that had probably occurred to others: that Scully's distinctive delivery would make the most mundane material compelling.
He, too, uses mundane materials.
"TOM FRIEDMAN Frommundanene materials -- ballpoint pens, chewing gum, aspirins -- this young artist makes labor-intensive art of immense wit and ingenuity.
Rauschenberg's ethos — work in the gap between art and life — is clearly echoed in Sze's use of mundane materials.
The corner restaurant, which opened last fall, is run by Brian Richer and Kei Ng, partners in a maverick design firm, Castor Design (www.castordesign.ca), known for elevating mundane materials into clever objects.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet GALLERIES — DOWNTOWN CHRIS CACCAMISE / ERIK HANSON Caccamise constructs everyday objects (a coffee cup, a CD, a copy of Artforum magazine) out of mundane materials (paper, glue, enamel paint).
