Colin Shakespeare

(WIP) Vehicle and structure progress photos

toy cars, popsicle sticks, random plastic and junk, paint.

Using toy cars and random items the wastelands leftovers begin to come to life! Painting with the intent of rust wear and tear transforms an entire narrative.

jeffrey churchman

 

"plastic bag jellyfish"

6' x 3'

steel, plastic grocery bags, spraypaint

2020

A piece created for Solvay as a part of their plastic grocery bag recycling initiative.

Madison Horton

 

Madison Horton

Post
2020
black yarn, cording

1"' x 2.5'

Sebastian Velasquez

 

"Family"

5' x 8' x 6'

steel, paint

2020

Rigid in form, these linear individuals come together to maintain strength in numbers.  A structured hierarchy emerges, protecting the most vulnerable.  Huddled together, they remain safe.

Esther Lee

 

Aquarius

2020

Wood, resin, paint

2.5"x12"x15"

A place where Aquarius could live forever..rip

Adam Sexton

 

Adam Sexton

Stratum I

2020

Cement, plaster, wire mesh, oil paint

40" x 32" x 5"

Sebastian Velasquez

 

"At Last "

4' x 3' x 6'

MDF, steel, paint, ink

2020

 

jeffrey churchman

 

WIP

plastic bags, steel

for this piece, I will make a jellyfish for the solvay site in newark so they can display it for their recycling initiative.

Catherine McKnight

Catherine McKnight

Insanity

2020

Pine, black paint, matte medium, modge podge, and ink

11" x 56" x 7"

Insanity is about representing something that people cannot see on the surface. It is a representation of what I was feeling internally, more specifically what I was feeling mentally. Being an overwhelmed, overworked, burnout, stressed out college student who ended up getting COVID-19 I feel like I was able to represent everything that I was feeling and going through very well. The photo transfer process itself did not relieve any stress if anything it created more stress for me. During times like this I feel like many of the viewers who would see this project would be able to relate to this on their own personal level. Given these times it also a reminder to check up on those around you because you may not know everything they are going through and how people feel mentally is not something that you can see on the outside.

Sebastian Velasquez

 

*(example)

(WIP)

8' x 4' x 8"

wood, ink, speakers

For this piece, I want to use similar materials and process as my sculpture *(The Juggler) from last semester.  I will again ink my design on the plywood, however, this time I would like to incorporate a curved portion of wood to the finished box.  Additionally, I plan to install small speakers within each side of the box for a sound element in this sculpture that will most likely include repeated phrases from a vague and ongoing argument between two people.

 

                                                        

Reclaimed

(WIP)

Colin Shakespeare

2020

4.6ft x 14in x 5ft

Glass jars and fish tank, Wood, Plants, Insects, Shrimp, Snails, Other animals, Soils

Through the creation of closed ecosystems and open ones in these confined spaces there will be a narrative of a world after the collapse of modern society and human kind as we know it. Through broken down buildings a cars, sunken ships and planes and the occasional survivor. I will be placing aged toy cars creating old wooden buildings and place in other man made structures. these structures over time will become overgrown by plants and have a unique relationship with the now giant creatures in the environment. This will allow for more of a fantasy explorative look into the wasteland post apocalyptic world I feel most of my art fits into.

Madison Horton

 

 Madison Horton

Clippings
2020
gypsum, twine
2' x 6"

Clippings is the result of experimenting with the results of flattening a three-dimensional form and casting the resulting two-dimensional forms against curved shapes. 

I've been exploring mold-making and casting throughout the semester, and I guess I got a little bored by trying to make a cast the 'correct' way. During this process, I found myself saving my failed casts and found joy in the oddness that came with looking at a botched replica of my hands. 

Catherine McKnight

 

Catherine McKnight

Slipping Away

2020

Particle board, wood, elmer's glue, gorilla glue, wood glue, corn starch, food coloring, jar, hydrocal, nails, screws, black paint, and stain

4.5' x 1.5' x 1.5'

Slipping Away is about anything in life that our brains slowly forget. We can try to hold on to them and sometimes we do not even realize that it's slipping away. Once it slips away it goes into the darkness and is forgot. With this we get further and further away from what we are trying to remember. My inspiration came from my own life, the older I get the more I start to forget all the memories from when I was a kid. We are born to make memories and to obtain objects but as we grow older what we once enjoyed and cherished is now slipping away into the darkness. In the end I think that forgetfulness of objects, memories, people, etc. becomes inevitable.

Jeffrey Churchman

 Jeffrey Churchman

two revolving emotions

2020

wood, steel, paint

6 ft circumference x 1. 5 ft height

a form created using two age old symbols rotating individually as well as on a recycled axis. 

the discs on the side display imagery representing happiness and sadness at their simplest form.

the positive and negative spin in a symbiotic relationship.

each using the momentum of the other to continue on their path.

with only one side present, the form will not stand.

both are needed in order to move forward. the good and the bad.

Esther Lee

 

My Story

2020

Muslin, Mulberry paper, book pages, ink, thread, wood

7'x9'x2.5'

With a touch of Korean history and my own history, I created a sculptural scroll that cascades into the space. I cut up pages of a Korean book and pasted it onto the mulberry paper like wallpaper. I wanted the Korean texts to represent the literary story of all the moments on the scroll. A lot of my previous work had been inspired by nature and my Korean background so I had the idea of incorporating it within my work with ink and paper to create my journey as an artist since coming back from Nepal. For clarification, the butterflies were a piece from "Attraction", houses were a part of multiple sculptures and the girl, representing me in this piece who was originally "The Dancing Girl and Her Hair". Like many of my other sculptures I wanted this piece to come out into the space, however I wanted it to be different from how I did it before, and I was satisfied with how I displayed it.