Andrew Gayda

There's a lot of people looking at me

2018

4'x4'x1.25"

Wood / Acrylic paint 

I used method of replication that printmakers often use to create images through stenciling. My images come from my hand drawings, cut outs on paper, sized up to proportion, then cut. I used this method of stenciling to acquire an accurate consistency. This allowed me to layer my images, adding depth to 2D wooded canvas. I enjoy the hand made quality of lines and their rhythm.    

Caity Serva

Untitled
2018
2'x2'x6"
Stuffed animals and latex paint

I am in a transitional period of my life where my parents are moving from my childhood home and I am moving from the state that I grew up in. In an attempt to conserve space, I've had to get rid of a lot of my childhood toys. In this piece, I ruined my own stuffed animals, putting them in a state where no child would want to play with them.

Erin Erskine

One too Many

2018

7"x5'x3'

Steel Metal

On an average day, 96 Americans are killed due to Gun Violence. 

62% of Firearm deaths in the U.S are suicides.

For every one person killed with guns, two more are injured.

Seven children and teens are killed with guns in the U.S on an average day. 

This piece is my response to the massive amounts of deaths due to guns. There have been too many deaths that could have been prevented if there were tighter gun control laws.  

Adele Kaczmarek

                                             

Allied Repulsion

2018
Plastic, oil, ink, food coloring, spray paint 

8' x 4' x 3"

An exploration of the concept of the chemical repulsion of two substances. Plays with ideas of biology and science as well as emotion and movement. Audience interaction can help define the meaning and purpose of the piece. Gravity takes a big part in the floor installation and positioning that caters to the liquids and their movement. 

Christopher Giuliano

"Glass Marlin"

7 feet x 2.5 feet

metal, broken glass, paint

For this final sculpture I combined the elements of a trophy mounted fish with that of the ecological issue of pollution.  The shards of glass inside the belly of the marlin represent the dangerous effects that pollution has on sea life, while the bright blue and yellow colors and large scale of the fish represent the trophy element

Taylor Schomp

Not Whole, Knot Hole

Spring 2018

Glass Bottles, Twine

This piece plays with the concept of strength.  On its own, glass is already a fragile, breakable material.  Through the physical act of sandblasting, the glass is thinned and cut to become as fragile as it can be while still mainting one form.  Through cutting the glass, the areas of empty space become more important than the glass itself. The holes in the glass are then mimicked through the holes in the knotted twine holding the bottles up.

Alicia Ferrara

Glow in the Dark Mushrooms

2018

Resin and Glowing powder

  

The installation Glow in the Dark Mushrooms is an extension of the squishy wall mushrooms installation. During the day the white mushrooms conform to their surroundings and do not stand strongly apart from the background. When the lights go off however they glow a vibrant blue and show their magic.

Maggie Heffernan

Dunes

Wood

4' x 2' x 4'

The piece represents the soft movement of a dune landscape. With small changes in elevation and variation in size, the wood shows a smooth flowing landscape. Mounted on the wall, a viewer is supposed to look straight on the piece as a aerial view of the landscape, however as they move around they will begin to see the changes in curves and shapes of the wood to represent the soft push and pull wind has on dune structures. 

Lauren Alexander

 Keyhole 

1 ft x 1.5 ft x 5 ft

transparent plastic, steel, acrylic paint

May 2018

a scaled down model of an ideal outdoor installation. ten panels that stand 8 ft tall, 4 ft wide and 4 ft apart. the viewer can peer through the keyhole and view the piece in 360 degrees as well as walk through each panel. ideally they would each stand alone planted in the ground rather than all connect on one base piece. 

inspired by iconic central park installation The Gates by Christo and Jean Claude and my newfound admiration for interactive outdoor installations. hopefully next year I will be able to make the full scale model I am visualizing

Jeff Kim

Man, Air and Water
2018

Clay

1’ 2” x 4’ x 4' 

Two elements that all living things need to survive. This piece shows a man breaking through the surface of one element as he gasps for the other. 

Taylor Schomp

Scribbles

Ceramics

Spring 2018

Nature is composed of organic forms.  It is difficult to find a perfectly straight line, geometrically correct square, or smoothly rounded circle.  Composed of Earth, clay is a product of nature; yet, through human intervention, it is manipulated into unnatural forms.  What happens if instead the clay is rolled thin and allowed to fold as it may?  The clay bends and folds in on itself.  No two slabs of clay will form an identical pair.  This is just as no two snowflakes match patterns and no two tree branches curve in the same manner.

Caity Serva

Untitled
2018
5'x5'x1'
Steel wire mesh
There are many animals you might see on a normal day in Delaware and yet our feelings toward them are completely disparate. Why do we eat cows but treat horses like pets? Why do we keep raccoons out of our garbage cans but feed dogs scraps off our plates? I'm very interested in how people compartmentalize their feelings about animals and how that affects how those animals live.

Maggie Heffernan

Connecting Creek

2018

Materials: Steal and Flagging Tape

Dimensions: 4' - 1' in Height, 12' Long

Connecting Creek is a representation, to scale, of the White Clay Creek running from Eastern Pennsylvania to Northern Delaware. The creek presents itself as an essential part of the community surrounding it, with this sculpture I wanted to bring attention to this unique piece of the local landscape and how the people living near it are connected to its water shed. Each piece of blue flagging tape in the sculpture was tied by members of the University of Delaware community, in the idea that the people were connecting with the landscape. The interactive piece abstractly describes the movement of water from higher elevation to lower, as well as allowing the wind to subtly move the hanging pieces of tape. Placed inside of a mix of trees, the creek is laid out similar to how it is seen in nature, surrounded by a dense forest ecosystem.