Jimmy Gomes

Metamorphosis
2014
2003 Ford Focus (Steel)
67" x 76" x 58"

Metamorphosis is defined as an extensive alteration in the appearance or character of an animal or object. Much like the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly, people experience their own metamorphoses and grow physically as well as mentally throughout their lives. This piece embodies that change by not only being representative of a butterfly, but also removing different parts of a car and reconnecting them to form something completely nonautomotive.

Caity Serva

Abridge
2014
Apoxie clay, wire, and string
2' x 2' x 2''

Abridge is a piece that has changed in many ways since its conception. At first, it was meant to be about uniformity but as I made each deer and saw the flaws and imperfections forming on each one, the meaning of the piece became more about the fine line between individuality and sameness. I started to only partially finish the deer, showing the process by which they are made and, in doing so, causing them to loose their identities.

Kacey Boyce

High Sierra 

2014 

Solid steel rods, sheet metal, oil based enamel paint, spray paint 

8ft x 3ft x 3.5 ft 

Nature provides the most Wacky, Creative, Flabbergasting, and Awe Inspiring objects. Nature can look welcoming, foreboding, sturdy, delicate, and an excitingly large number of other various, and often opposite, adjectives. Half the fun of making nature inspired art, is the seeking out of wow worthy moments/objects in nature. Imprinting the experience of stumbling upon such original, wondrous, atmospheres and objects, than using those feelings along with the photographs I take, and then jumbling in some creative juices, is how I wind up with most of my artwork. This tree is inspired by my to-date, favorite tree. It happens to reside on the High Sierra Trail, west of Mt. Whitney, in California.

Jamie Noce

Henry

2014

Reclaimed racing shells, steel

12' x 3' x 3'

             Rowing is all about fluid motion and moving with one another in tandem to make the boat move as fast as possible. My aim for Henry was to completely transform the way I view something I am so personally connected with using the racing shell segments as the vessel of my idea.  

            As an artist mainly working within the theme of the multiple, I used three boat segments rather than just one.  Each segment represents one part of the boat: stern, middle and bow, and how they function together to portray one idea, similarly to how eight rowers and a coxswain work towards one common goal.  With this piece, I was most interested in transforming the fluid, horizontal motion into something static and vertical. The minimalist form points to how simple rowing can seem from an outside viewer, but the grand scale of Henry amplifies how different something can look from another angle, especially when transformed from six inches off of the water, to twelve feet overhead. 

Jeanine Chapman

The Passing 

2014

Steel, Tree Branches

13' x 8' x 8'

The relationship between humans and nature is what inspires my work. This piece is representative of the golden spiral, which is one of the many reoccurring forms found in nature. With this piece I am exploring the idea of a threshold, and the transformation one experiences while passing through it.

Jill Jacobs

Paper Clip Totem

2014

Paper Clips

12" x 10" x 34"

The restricted length of the paper clips guided my design and line work, while my use of color pushed me out of my comfort zone entering a whimsical, nostalgic setting. My medium of paper clips and use of primary colors make it difficult to steer away from an elementary context, yet my intricacy of design, the height of the piece as well as only small reminders of my medium’s initial form, worked to pull the piece into more of a platform for visual storytelling as the structure rises. While my choice of medium was inspired by the restricted length and color, the consecutive growth upwards with lateral accents stemmed from my interest in the changing directionality of a compass and the storytelling, vertical build of a totem pole. 

Christine Tate

(peephole view during the day)

(peephole view at night)

Tour

2014

Steel and mixed media

78" x 23" x 23"

Our charge for Art in the Garden was, in part, to consider the differences between exterior and interior sculpture. Here, I have attempted to make both, to create a dialogue between the outside and the inside, between the viewer and the work, perhaps even between two viewers experiencing the work simultaneously. Like most of my work, Tour is an exploration of the expressive potential of circular forms and an acknowledgement of art I admire—in this case, one of my favorite sculptures, The Passing Winter, by one of my favorite artists, Yayoi Kusama.

Joe Wojciechowski

Life

2014

Steel and paint

45" x 52" x 52"

My sculpture was inspired by my life as I lived it.  There were many ups and downs with twists and turns while traveling through it.

It is made with the skill, of using my hands to bend, cut, forge and weld steel with the knowledge I have accrued while traveling through the many years of my life.

The sculpture is made of steel so it will endure much more than this body which encapsulates my mind and soul.

It is painted metallic blue, a soft color, to represent the quietness of an aged life. 

Justin DuBois

Sailboat

2014

Steel

26" x 41" x 6"

For this piece I wanted to experiment more with steel from the previous class. I wanted to see if it would bend the way it had to for the shape of the hull. Originally I wanted to mount it on the wall longways to add some depth but it was too heavy for that.

Anna Jacob

The Naked Humans

2014

wire, cable, glass beads, steal, moss, slate

132" x 24" x 24"

My goal for this piece was to capture my poem, "The Naked Humans," in a solid, visual form.  Every aspect of the sculpture is a direct interpretation of a specific detail of the poem itself.  The idea was to capture earth, heaven, and the human souls in a way that each viewer can find themselves in the sculpture in his/her own way.

Kacey Boyce

Witchery Seasons 

Kacey Boyce 

porcelain leaves, solid metal rods of varying thicknesses, non-slip mesh, woodland materials

This project is the accumulation of hard work, disaster, and a willingness to explore. Although this project originated as a gallery piece, I no longer relate the two. My finished artwork lends toward a magical, mystical world where the rules of nature are quirky and perhaps a bit mix mashed. Theres is a transition between man-made, to purely forest grown material in the body as the movement in line work freezes in time a juxtaposition between the ever sturdy growth of Winter, and the wasting away of temporary Spring life as it reenters the ground. 

Cristian Vitale

 

 Comfort and Balance

Wood, steal, human dreadlocks.

33''x15''x20''

2014

While exploring the idea of meditation, I looked into the ways in which humans seek out this practice. Often times through manipulation of materials, as in the practice of bonsai making where   we are able to ease our mind and reach new answers. Seemingly, I think of dreadlocks as a powerful form of mediation and expression, where the person tends and cares for their locks growing from their head manipulating them self and not something else. The dreadlocks to me also collect the energy given to them through their making. I personally do not grow dreadlocks, but through making this piece I was able to practice a form of meditation where I imbed my energy into the object. Creating a sacred object that reminds us of religious relics.

Jeanine Chapman

Knotted Tension

2014

Performance Fabric, Mirror and Wood

11.5' x 26' x 21'

 

Caity Serva

 

Bedtime Stories

2014

Wood, wire mesh, wire, and books

5 ft x 5ft

When I first came up with the idea for this piece, I only wanted to make it because I thought it would be a cool sculpture. At the bookstore, I decided to choose only books that meant something to myself personally. In doing so, this piece has become very personal--a sort of self-portrait based on the materials themselves.

Chris Murphy

Light Revealing

2014

Steel Structure, Shadow Cast

52" x 17" x 28"

This piece was designed based upon a one point perspective to determine the cast of a shadow. The idea behind it was the translation of light and form into a human like figure in a shadow based around the idea of an umbrella structure. Initial structure was to be built out of wood and be more solid rather than skeleton, however due to limitations of wood I resorted to bending and welding steel frames together.

Jamie Noce

 

Tiles

2014

Tree stump, Aluminum

 27" x 44" x 5" (each tile 5" x 5" x 2")

This piece was about marrying two materials that juxtapose one another.  Using a simple tile form in multiple, this piece shows how the two different materials interact with one another to investigate ideas of something that was once alive being encapsulated by a man-made substance.  As an artist, it was important for me to keep the form and display simple, in order to focus on the tiles themselves as well as the process of aluminum casting over wood. 

Jimmy Gomes

Broken Arm
2014
Wood: Pine and Poplar
82" x 23" x 42"

My inspiration for this piece was the concept of escaping from some restrictive force. I wanted to simulate an arm reaching and pushing up out of a body of water. I chose to abstract the human form and use geometric shapes rather than smooth curves. The idea expanded further when I broke one of the 'bones' to emphasize the idea of restriction and the struggle to get past it.

Christine Tate

steel

36"x8"x7"

Circles constitute the form and content of almost all of my work. This untitled piece is comprised of circles that have been twisted and rotated almost past the point of circularity. I wanted to see how far I could push the form. I also wanted to create something that feels organic and flowing out of hard industrial elements. (These are 180-degree pipe elbows.) I hope that viewers will be reminded of calligraphy or of Kiki Smith's Intestine.

Jill Jacobs

Fantastical Ostrich
2014
Steel, Wire
5' 8" x 3' 9" x 2' 5"

My inspiration largely stems from the medium I decide to convey my ideas in. When conceptualizing for this first project I undoubtedly wanted to further explore the properties and possibilities of steel and wire. I also wished to create something that ultimately would be displayed outside. My love for nature and intricacies of design took the form of my “Fantastical Ostrich.” As far as this piece functioning within my progression as an experimental art student, I was satisfied in my success of creating something that was somewhat representational whilst still incorporating the abstract designs that always finds their way into my work. An additional feat reached through this sculpture was due to its size. This is the largest piece of art I have yet to create, which taught me the benefits as well as the difficulties of working at this scale.