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happy endings

Written on August 12, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Video

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Who doesn’t like a happy ending? Recent Ringling College of Art and Design graduate Lindsey Olivares’ senior thesis animation is a sweet reminder to have a little faith. If you are having a difficult day and you feel like you want to give up…or if you are having a good day and you can see that happy ending in the distance, I think you will find this film uplifting. I know I did.

Read more about this project, which took her 18 months to complete, here. Olivares also shows us sketches and drawings as well as 3d models used in the film.

The talented Olivares is now working at Dreamworks PDI as a Visual Development artist. They were smart to grab her – I predict that she will have a long, successful career. Congratulations Lindsey.

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etsuko ichikawa: glass encounters

Written on August 12, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Glass, Latest Posts

Drawing with hot molten glass, Etsuko Ichikawa creates glass pyrographs that leave behind a scar of charred imagery the artist describes as “a way of capturing a fleeting moment and eternalizing it.”

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The images here are from her gallery of smaller works, and there are no dimensions so I don’t have a sense of the scale of the pieces, but when I first saw them I immediately envisioned brooches.

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Ichikawa calls this series Deai , which translates from Japanese to mean ‘encounter’. You can see the larger works in the series here, and again there are no dimensions listed, however it is a bit easier to see just how large these drawings are, some framed and mounted on the wall.

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“I see this process as a metaphor of my daily life in terms of encounters and impressions relating directly to my work. Meeting someone, seeing some event, hearing a piece of music – these encounters are fleeting moments, but sometimes the impressions of these moments take on their own lives.” – E.I.

Watch this video to see some of her process. More videos of the artist at work on her website here. Ichikawa also uses other materials in her art, including plastic piping, resin and thread.

Traces of the Molten State from Etsuko Ichikawa on Vimeo.

“Moment and memory, absorption and evaporation, light and shadow are some of the triggers that inspire me and relate to my work. My “glass pyrographs” are made by drawing hot molten glass, which is one way to capture and eternalize the immediacy of a moment, while my hanging and floating installations are about ever-changing states of mind.” – E.I.

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faux bone and silver

Written on August 11, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Flickr Find, Latest Posts

today’s flickr find:

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Shane Case used Faux Bone in this unusual ring – I think it makes the piece. I’ve got a post coming up soon about the material – don’t miss it! In the meantime, click on the picture to see how to wear the ring fit for a warrior king (or queen?). Looks dangerous…

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jennifer trask: flourish

Written on August 11, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Metal, Recycled

Jennifer Trask’s latest series, Unnatural Histories: Flourish, begins with the following definitions of the word flourish:

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1. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. To do or fare well; prosper
3. To be in a period of highest productivity; excellence or influence.
4. To make bold or sweeping movements.

The Hudson Valley, New York based artist, best known for jewelry that incorporates snake vertabrae, beetle shells, feathers, bone, pre-ban ivory and sea urchin shells, might have included her own name for a fifth definition. As her new work of removable jewelry mounted on encaustic drawings and paintings shows, Jennifer.Trask.Is.Flourishing.

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Corona Imperialis, encaustic panel & brooch

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Corona Brooch
palladium, 22K gold, champagne rose cuts, brown and white brilliant cuts

The ground-breaking work is described as “Drawings and paintings come to life, flora and fauna, mineral and vegetable thrive and outgrow containment.” Mobilia Gallery

Isn’t this what we all strive towards in life? To thrive and outgrow containment? Flourish’s mixed-media pieces are a beautiful representation of that concept.

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Fructus Plumbum, encaustic panel & brooch

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Fructus Plumbum Brooch
18K and 22K gold, moonstones, lead, aquamarine, rainbow moonstones

Apophysis: Acantha
encaustic painting with embedded silver and moonstones, brooch and earrings
found and altered ivory, palladium, 18K, 22k gold, rainbow moonstones, found frame

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Trask holds a BFA in Metalsmithing from Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz. Read this 2002 Ganoksin article about the artist’s early work with unusual materials. All gold and palladium used by the artist are recycled materials and the bone and pre-ban ivory is either found in the artist’s local environment or purchased at flea markets.
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pod and twig

Written on August 10, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Tidbits

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