Hikaru Cho, Artist

This artist's work does not demonstrate the paper stacking assignment, 

but since we use fruit and vegetables for the assignment, I had to share. 

Link here to see more work by this artist. 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Shots by Dominique Ansel

Source link here. 

Sydelle Willow Smith, Photographer and Filmmaker

MAKING NEIGHBORHOODS

A collaboration between artists about visible and invisible communities.

"We wanted to explore how communities are built and contribute to the overall presence of a city.

Translating A City Back to Itself

Art 21 Blog

Feb/March Issue 2014

Link to video 

http://vimeo.com/82091772

Sydelle Willow Smith, Seykou, 2013; photograph. In conjunction with “Making Neighborhoods.” Courtesy the artist.

Mira Schendel, Artist

Not sure of artist.  Caption reads Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel.
Source is hahamagartconnect.tumblr.com

Mira Schendel
Untitled, from the series Little Nothing 1964-1966
Japanese paper
Source is American Craft Council

"When a friend appeared with a stack of rice paper, Schendel found both her medium and – in a sense – her message. Rice paper is there and not quite there, something on which you can paint but almost invisible in itself, a surface so diaphanous it is nearly transparent. Her Bordados(Embroideries) were made by laying rice paper on sheets of glass sprinkled with talc and ink and drawing on the paper with her fingernail. The effect is a Zen-like poetry of tiny marks – symbols, numbers and letters that nearly amount to words but stay just on this side of visual abstraction." -source is The Guardian

Kiersten Boehle, Student Work

In progress. 

Detail of final piece.

For my momento piece I chose to represent the memory of me getting attacked by a dog when I was three years old. The attack tore the right side of my cheek and upper lip which required over 150 stitches and emergency plastic surgery to fix my face. Today I am left with only a small visible scar. I chose this memory because it is definitely a part of who I am. Instead of focusing on the negative and gruesome aspects of my attack, I chose to represent it as something of beauty because I actually like my scar and think it gives me character. I also don't look back and picture an awful experience because I love dogs and being attacked by one has never changed that. I used leftover fabric from a ripped dress I had; which is significant because the dress was broken but I was able to repurpose it and make it into something new. I cut the dress into circles and dipped the pieces into melted paraffin wax in several layers, which built a skin like appearance on the fabric. As the pieces hardened I used my hands and a bowl to shape the waxed fabric into slightly rounded circles. I glued them together, and decided to stitch the piece to represent the stitches. I chose silver thread so it would not stand out too much from the white and gray patterned fabric. I wanted the piece to be subtle and detailed; dainty. The cut out holes represent the indented scar. 

Tashina Wells, Student Work

My memento about my memory of all the times my family and I went travelling when I was younger. It consists of a rubber glove, sand, and water. The rubber glove symbolizes the rubber on the tires of the car we drove, which reminds me of all the conversations and memories that were made in the car as we travelled long distances, and the rubbery feeling of the fish we caught when we went fishing. The sand symbolizes all the camping we did, and the soft, warm earth that served as surface for talking, cooking, playing, eating, and sleeping. The water is to symbolize all of the water based activities we did, such as swimming, fishing, bathing, boiling, and drinking. 

Zach Wade, Student Work

My most vivid memory came when I was in 4th grade. I was in Ms. Dailys classroom when 9-11 happened. I can never forget the events of that day. When working on this piece I wanted to use materials that are actually used in the construction of buildings. I used wood, metal, and screws. I cut the wood into two smaller pieces of wood. Then I grinded them down so that one side was rounded. Once I did that I manipulated a piece of metal and attached the wood to it using the purposely oversized screws. Once the object was put together I burned it, being careful not to burn it completely.