Wayne E Johnson

Wayne E Johnson

Torched

Spring 2015

wood, paint, cardboard

36x40x6

Wasted time and money

Tryin' to treat you like a queen

I might as well have just thrown matches at a tank of gasoline

- Hunter Hayes

Aocheng Shi

Aocheng Shi

 Creation
Spring 2015

Wood, Plastic

5' x 6' x 6'

We create our ART; thereafter they create US

Rebecca Guzzo

Rebecca Guzzo

Picking Up the Pieces

2015
Plywood, spray paint, newsprint 

5' x 4'

Through my progression through sculpture, I've realized just how important process and planning are to a dimensional project. This piece in particular did not work out the way I intended, but instead in the process I received new materials and a new perspective on the outcome. Instead of scrapping it all and starting over, I picked up the fragments of what was left of my original idea and combined it with the unanticipated element of the strikingly stenciled newsprint to create a completely new work.

Ana Jackson Chaves

Ana Jackson Chaves

Tangible Memories

Spring 2015

photographs, wood, twine

24.5" x 18" x 20"

Memories can often be tied to a certain place. Sometimes a place can become so heavy with memory that when you look at it, all you see are images of the past. In this way, memories can become tangible. An empty room becomes filled with past selves; An empty house becomes filled with people. For this piece, I built a model of the house that I grew up in out of family photographs that were taken at that house. The photographs range from when I was a few months old to when I was fourteen, which is when we moved out. 

Emily DiMaio

Reconstructing

2015

Hose, Epoxy Resin

15" x 6"

A preliminary experiment that mimics the form of the severed object.

Brittany Paolella

Brittany Paolella

The Growing Up Game

2015

wood and metal

48 x 24 x 24

These blueprints represent the four houses I lived in while growing up. I wanted to represent them in a way that would be relatable to me as a child. I set them up in the same way as the wooden maze game found in a Doctor's office and made them interactive so people could relate to my life.

Jill Jacobs

Jill Jacobs

Steel Guitar

2015

Steel

1.5' x 4" x 3' 

Steel Guitar is a continuation of my work with fragments of steel rod as well as a continuation of the concept of interconnectedness. While there are many reasons for global citizens to feel polarized from one another, music is one of the only things that is universally experienced and enjoyed. We have seen music bring a great many people together in the past, and we should remember that it is one way to connect with one another despite other major differences. 

Matthew Cristello

Matthew Cristello

Into the Abyss

2015
Cast aluminum, steel, velvet

24" x 5"x 6"

This is the lost wax casting of the sculpture documented earlier in the year. Through this process the form finds new meaning, as the once smooth face has become wrinkled and worn much like the ravages of the aging process. The figure rests seemingly in the air, in a state of limbo garbed only by a blood red velvet cloth.

Emily DiMaio

Treasures

2015

Wood, steel, chain, pennies, thread, found objects

6' x 2'

I vividly remember my Pop Pop's apartment from when I was a child.  He collected things like lost toys, jewelry and loose change during his daily walks by himself and hung his treasures from his chandelier.  This is my interpretation of an old memory.

Chrissy Nice

Chrissy Nice

Climb

Spring 2015

Found Objects, Wood, Aluminum

10ft x 3ft x 1.5ft

Continuing with my theme of homes and travel, this piece was meant to reflect of the actual act of moving and packing out of each house that I lived in. I used a fire escape ladder that has been in my room, under my bed for at least the last 3 times my family has moved. I don't know where the ladder came from or how it ended up in my room. I felt it was a good symbol for not only the repetition of packing, which offers very little variation between experiences, but also the lost feeling I get whenever I leave a place. The drawers are set to mirror the ladder next to them.

Jamie Noce

Deconstructed Henry

Racing Shell, Bungee Corde

2015

www.jamienoce.com

Competitive rowing has been the center of my life for the past nine years.  It has been the constant among the chaos aiding me in my transfer from high school to college.  Now, after nine years, my days in the coxswain seat are becoming more and more limited as the days seem to disappear.  Each piece of the boat is fractioned and re-formed together as my memories of past years now are.  They create this mass, meant to be the mass of time and energy my life has centered around.  

Cristian Vitale 

Nest 1

2015

Wood, steel, rope. 

www.cristianvitale.com

Bundling sticks together with my family was an essential part in preparing for the winter. During the spring and summer we would stack tall mounts of bundles that would later serve as the starter to every fire we lit; it`s warmth gathered us once more to escape the cold like birds in a nest.

Through the process of creating this piece with the help of friends, I am preserving memories of a family that no longer exist. The space within the hive like dome creates a sense of comfort and privacy, like that of a nest or the warmth of a fire against the cold. Here I reflect upon the power of memories, reinterpreting them into new concepts.

Felicia Gordon

 

Felicia Gordon

Never Ending
Spring 2015

steel wire, cellophane, spraypaint 

7' x 17"

Inspired by the personality of this tree, this site-specific piece explores the way in which nature grows and changes to create unique forms and designs. This piece juxtaposes the organic characteristics of a tree with a stylized representation of the textures of their knots and the movement that wood grain has below the bark.

Felicia Gordon

 Felicia Gordon

Untitled

Spring 2015

 steel, miniature lightbulbs, black cord, spraypaint, soldering wires

18” x 12” x 10” 

Using a jar full of miniature light bulbs I found at an antique shop, this piece explores light and shadows and how interesting shapes are created from the crevices and cracks that the light seeps through from. Each lightbulb is soldered together in a sequence on the back of their panel, but unfortunately due to the nature of the lightbulbs, I did not have the resources necessary to generate enough power to make them light up. Therefore, this piece is lit up from lights inside the structure that shine up through the holes between the bulbs.

Chrissy Nice

Chrissy Nice

Trouper

Spring 2015

Found Objects, Wood, Sod, Plexiglass

5ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft

Having grown up with diplomat parents, my life has been unusually nomadic. My family moved from government-leased house to house, all furnished with the same unattractive furniture. This piece was made not only as a play on the concept of indoors brought outdoors, but also to reflect on my travels and feeling of displacement inspired by them.