i < 3 linen

step 1: weave

step 2: cut fabric into circles

step 3: dip fabric circles into fabric stiffener

step 4: place into cup moulds

So I realized that I never posted pictures of one of my pieces that I was working on a while ago. The original idea was for all the cups to be held up by string or something similar looking, but that fell through. So what I ended up doing was mounting the cups on 5, 6 foot long pine planks. I hung them on the wall horizontally, so the piece covered an area 6' x 5'. I then projected images of the weaving process (above) over the piece, to make a connection between the process, materials, and outcome. I am working on figuring out how to post a little video up here so you can see what it looked like installed!

dum dum dum

There is this wonderfully full jar of dum-dums in the studio where Mol works...I ate WAY too many of these to count.

PS I am going to start posting something every day...I recently bought a new digital camera, and decided that I need to start actually using it! May not be anything profound...but there will be something new to look at on here daily (:

Rusty Bits

A couple of weeks ago, Jill, Hannelore and I took a trip to a junk yard in SC. For Jill's portfolio, she hand dyed and wove these incredible wool and linen scarves, and we thought that a junk yard would be an interesting backdrop to photograph the scarves in. Anyways...I took a few pictures of things and surfaces that I liked. I think rust is incredibly beautiful..the color, the texture, different patterns of erosion..so cool! So here they are..hope you find them as interesting as I do! I'll get some pics from Jill of the product shots we took this day...they are worth seeing!

Le Fin!

Hannelore, Jill, Me

Sorry I have been so bad at posting recently!! Things have been pretty crazy...buuut I am now DONE WITH SCHOOL!! All that hard work paid off...I graduated summa cum laude and received an Outstanding Achievement Award! Yay onto bigger and better things!! ..and for the first time in my life I am no longer a student..weird!

word

We are surrounded by written language. Constantly throughout the day we process words, sentences, paragraphs. We are able to recognize letters and their sounds, and understand what they mean when combined with other letters. But do we ever pay attention to the letters themselves? At their core, they are just basic shapes, both curvilinear and geometric. With this piece, my goal was to see if I could change the way letters are "read". When placed in unrecognizable sequences, turned left, right and upside down, or placed in repetitive patterns, do our brains still perceive these recognizable shapes as letters, or can they be transformed into something strictly visual?

Continued..

This piece goes along with one of the first pieces I posted. This one displays the individual elements that make up fabric; seemingly insignificant snippets of string that are the basic foundation for cloth. The warps and wefts are the same ones that were removed systematically from the first piece, and also the same number.

This book is made out of leather, silk tissue, and linen. The idea was that each "warp" and "weft" are measured and placed an equal distance away from the previous, each on a separate piece of tissue paper. If the pages were perfectly clear, the lines of thread would appear to be woven. When held up to light you can begin to see the "cloth".

YAY!

I have been super busy with finals and haven't had time to post pictures of what I have been working on...but my portfolio is done now, and I am graduating in two weeks!!! I finally have pictures of most of my pieces..so here we go!! My hard work from the year!

This piece goes in a series with the white curtain that I posted a little while ago. It is about revealing an inner structure using layers of fabric and light. The first picture is a sketch during the planning phase, and then voila! The finished set!