During a recent trip to Pittsburgh, I popped into the Contemporary Craft Museum, where I saw this awesome show. It's definitely worth checking out...
The images making up the x-ray people were repeated over and over then sewn together.
They shimmered and moved as the observer walks through them.
These shoes are made of the most delicate paper.
This last image is an exerpt from a much larger piece. The detail and shading are spectacular.
See it for yourself!
Society for Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh, PA
April 16 - August 22, 2010
Organized by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc. this triennial exhibition features 85 exceptional works that are pushing the boundaries of fiber art. Of the total number of works in the show, 22 pieces were produces by artists living outside of the US. Countries represented include Australia, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
SCC will be featuring half of this large and diverse exhibition with the other half on display at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. The exhibiting artists have employed a dazzling variety of techniques, often in a single work. Many of the artists have combines traditional techniques such as embroidery, quilting, or weaving with more contemporary processes such as laminating, plant dyeing, digital printing, and burning. Materials range from linen, wool, and silk to plastic bags, cable ties, and X-rays
1 comments:
There are definitely some awesome works there! Wish I could travel to see exhibits like those sometimes... but it's such a long flight to get there :p.
I looked for your email address here but couldn't find it so I apologize for posting this request here instead.
I have a question for all of the artists that I follow on my blog list – and any others who may read this through other bloggers.
As you know from my blog, I have started the new ceramics program at a local high school. One of the projects that I have assigned the students is a ceramic artist research paper. It is a chance for them to see the works of many different potters, with many different styles and types of clay works – from different parts of the world. They have to download 2 pictures of the artists’ work, and email the artist to ask several questions about their work, what influenced their style, the medium they work in, the glazes they used on a particular piece, etc. They only need to write 250 words, but I’m hoping they will end up with much more. Their final project is to create a piece in the same style and construction technique as the artist they choose for their report (in their own personal interpretation of course).
May I have your permission to steer them to your blog and website to obtain information, and to contact you by email? I would appreciate it immensely, and you would be able to influence this new generation of students in their search for new outlets in the world of art.
Thanks in advance for reading this post, and for your quick replies.
Happy Mudding!
Robert
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