http://rebeccacstrauss.com/printsand2d daily 0.75 2015-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392237736-166LM67II1KALMYL2INQ/DSC_0375.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Rituals in Opposition of Loss Print Series 1/1, Watercolor Silkscreen, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392154005-68MOLZ2S4X378DK0T1NL/DSC_0373.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Rituals in Opposition of Loss Print Series 1/1, Watercolor Silkscreen, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392154573-XIPUHSGX07D9H2GCKP12/DSC_0383.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Rituals in Opposition of Loss Print Series 1/1, Watercolor Silkscreen, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392153833-3X6DO0JPZ341DGVOCPBU/DSC_0369.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Rituals in Opposition of Loss Print Series 1/1, Watercolor Silkscreen, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392154771-5VKTLR4TKKUEPRS68TT6/DSC_0389.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Rituals in Opposition of Loss Print Series 1/1, Watercolor Silkscreen, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392155026-IA551GJ5Q9URT3L6AD03/DSC_0390.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Rituals in Opposition of Loss Print Series 1/1, Watercolor Silkscreen, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447897815888-L938MJFCV33CA8ZI66B4/DSC_0390.jpg Prints and 2D Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392191673-SROWWXUHGJIVXX7BEVID/2438_Strauss_01.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Ghosted Divide 1/1, Rag Spit Bite, Intaglio-type, 2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448392196262-TLF0OTXTAJ7S4D89EW5V/Magnolia.jpg Prints and 2D Work - Magnolia Oil on Canvas, 2007 http://rebeccacstrauss.com/burn-quilts daily 0.75 2015-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394365902-32SDECKB7E461KFZQ6LM/IMG_1757.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue/Orange/Anis) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394365902-32SDECKB7E461KFZQ6LM/IMG_1757.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue/Orange/Anis) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394431744-8DSTPIPKCYAF0GP8N922/IMG_2950.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue/Orange/Anis II) 2015, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394365219-G2QVKEHKHR87GMF6UXKT/IMG_1750.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Red/Grey Meander) 2015, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394431800-4LWR07YAOUMES3US2SNS/IMG_2952.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue/Green Terrain) 2015, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394365361-V2NHAEF45CXJ47C1EGOX/IMG_1752.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue/Green/Anis Large) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394364862-02KV6KMS99V7QFXMOH9X/IMG_1744.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Red/Grey Layer) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394364738-NJEJ27KW62XQKUX1FNM5/IMG_1747.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (White Lace Long) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394432089-MIEQ69169XXTCOKURAXQ/IMG_2954.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (White Burst) 2015, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394365810-1IDT8BMZVC4HBZQ1S04B/IMG_1755.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Red/Grey Grid) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394366390-JJ0QU1XVY4HDFUFDI6H2/IMG_1758.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Red/Grey Deep) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394367010-OX2BL7DRZWKXC3PKNIJ9/IMG_1763.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (White Deep) 2013, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394366387-WGGYYJ27L3QN05HEPBF7/IMG_1761.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (White/Grey Layer) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394367393-U7A77C2ETFHJ1GP3SC4E/IMG_1767.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Red/Charcoal/White) 2013, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394367467-0HY8JQICWONPPFJ2YHS1/IMG_1774.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue/Green/Anis) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394366996-B6DWVPMYK3PDFR8BN8OM/IMG_1764.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Red/Earth Square) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394364345-G6PUROLFX1YEMSXGGE9U/IMG_1741.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Blue Square) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448394364356-UA3XL4S01Q8MGI3L5X3F/IMG_1742.jpg Burn Quilts - Burn Quilt (Earth Square) 2014, Burnt paper. The Burn Quilt series combines the traditional aesthetics of lace and quilting with non-traditional materials. Quilts and lace are often thought of as fragile and delicate. These lace quilts are made by using the violent and destructive force of flame. Fire is naturally unpredictable, unlike the tightly controlled practice of quilting and lace making. http://rebeccacstrauss.com/sculpture daily 0.75 2024-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1733883183210-J2ZVNTWBFOG5I9UG7AB3/Rebecca+Strauss_Rooted+Vessel+%28Poet%27s+Walk%29+View+1.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Poet's Walk) 2024, Stoneware, Found Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1733883053277-V9F91S2CB9BUNJSIW69P/image-asset.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Poet's Walk) 2024, Stoneware, Found Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1733883183210-J2ZVNTWBFOG5I9UG7AB3/Rebecca+Strauss_Rooted+Vessel+%28Poet%27s+Walk%29+View+1.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Poet's Walk) 2024, Stoneware, Found Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1733883155882-U5RPL2CQCFYY7I3VR0OU/Rebecca+Strauss_Rooted+Vessel+%28World%27s+End%29+View+1.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (World's End) 2023, Stoneware, Found Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1733772209438-EDP7WRWCWIKCBZGRAFTQ/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Locust Grove) 2023, Stoneware, Found Root https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1674010338691-CTP24GMD55RGG121O9ZO/Entry+2-Image+1-+Rooted+Vessel+%28Magnolia%29.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Magnolia) 2021, Ceramic and Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673217960376-M1M1JP2QTRYE9VT6ARDZ/Entry+2-Image+2-+Rooted+Vessel+%28Magnolia%29.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Magnolia) Alternate View 2021, Ceramic and Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673217838133-KEMOSKH0ZHD31XXQK0MS/Entry+3-Image+1-+Rooted+Vessel+%28Morel%29.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Morel) 2021, Ceramic and Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673217948911-8RFLMK5U7XUI9FCP568X/Entry+3-Image+2-+Rooted+Vessel+%28Morel%29.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Rooted Vessel (Morel) Alternate View 2021, Ceramic and Wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447873753987-FBJMW2R526CABMU8XH2F/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Touched (Detail) 2012, Wood, Wool, Conductive Thread, Electronics. An interactive, kinetic installation that explores abnormal touch behaviors and touch as part of social interaction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447875700816-XFUKL2GC21QJHYZDD83I/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Touched Video documentation, December, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448582725100-F2F0RX14TDPVSHDCR3FS/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Rituals in Opposition of Loss 2010, Stop-motion animation, clementines, fabric. A temporary installation centered around the ritualistic consumption and preservation of clementines as a denial of grief and loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1449013672413-5I67VFUODDZYFC0J37ZG/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Rituals in Opposition of Loss (Exterior Still) 2010, Stop-motion animation, clementines, fabric. A temporary installation centered around the ritualistic consumption and preservation of clementines as a denial of grief and loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1449012477537-Q0YBYWJZYJALSYLD9PNQ/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - "When there's no one watching..." 2011, LEDS, Silkscreen, MDF, Mylar, Motion Sensor. An interactive installation. Community members were asked to anonymously complete the statement "Where there's no one watching..." The handwritten responses compiled and screen printed on the back of a sheet of thin white paper. This is backlit by an array of LEDs. When motion is detected the lights turn off and the paper appears blank. Only by standing perfectly still and "hiding" from the sensor can viewers read the confessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1448583512050-V2KCB6494YVFD7L0CAU6/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Untitled (Glowing Vessel) 2010, clementine membranes, LEDs, Arduino, found vine. An experimental installation utilising light as an expressive form. An investigation for a proposed immersive installation that would consist of 50+ of these lighted vessels, programmed to respond based on the proximity and tactile interaction of viewers moving through the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1449013783857-1PQ9FFAQOS9NROI69FYM/image-asset.jpeg Sculpture and Installation - Untitled (Glowing Vessel, Detail Still) 2010, clementine membranes, LEDs, Arduino, found vine. An experimental installation utilising light as an expressive form. An investigation for a proposed immersive installation that would consist of 50+ of these lighted vessels, programmed to respond based on the proximity and tactile interaction of viewers moving through the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447873844339-UAUJWHN3XC3ZGBM0EH5N/Strauss%2C+R+1.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Worn Vessel: Neck 2009, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874105421-W4E74RWIAANXMGGCKIN0/Strauss%2C+R+4.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Worn Vessel: Neck (Detail) 2009, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874463215-6SSNOAB0WRATOPGF43WK/Strauss%2C+R+6.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Worn Vessel: Foot 2009, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874466441-PVVL6HQ0ZVXUQWYS7NKR/Strauss%2C+R+7.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Worn Vessel: Foot (Detail) 2009, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874466573-BFUNHR5RXPWTQFVBKT4U/Strauss%2C+R+9.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Worn Vessel: Hand 2008, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874470561-UX3K52KHNLMQ1GFWHJ27/Strauss%2C+R+10.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Worn Vessel: Hand (Detail) 2008, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874469689-2FO7B90PFH6RINVL8OY5/Strauss%2C+R+12.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Body and Magnolia 2009, Cast Bronze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1447874476463-49G9AC86I80R5HV4JC70/Strauss%2C+R+8.jpg Sculpture and Installation - Untitled (Wooden Vessel) 2009, Butternut, Copper Leaf http://rebeccacstrauss.com/leonard-bernstein-festival-of-the-arts daily 0.75 2023-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673222897794-B6YBAPYAB4DTZ88P27ZT/6AauwojuSUOXV8tkkWpseA.jpg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Rooted Vessels 2021, Ceramic A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree. Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane. Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673222897794-B6YBAPYAB4DTZ88P27ZT/6AauwojuSUOXV8tkkWpseA.jpg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Rooted Vessels 2021, Ceramic A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree. Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane. Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673222780088-R7H2PLJCLYI95BYY3RGJ/fullsizeoutput_3cf2.jpeg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Rooted Vessels (Mazegill Detail View) 2021, Ceramic A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree. Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane. Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673222930587-TPGJUYMEYSQX9GDAWA09/fullsizeoutput_3cf1.jpeg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Rooted Vessels (Chola Detail View) 2021, Ceramic A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree. Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane. Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673224935980-SFYQH7BUBON6TY0CVXVZ/image.jpg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Rooted Vessels (Video Documentation) 2021, Ceramic A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree. Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane. Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1680709489183-M99S6I0U0D1Y44JVNC21/image-asset.jpeg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Floating Vessels (Specimen Jars) 2022, Ceramics, Glass Jars, Water An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022 Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece. Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673229732537-JCLGM27MI49TIISJSHWR/fullsizeoutput_3cf4.jpeg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Floating Vessels (Specimen Jars) Detail 2022, Ceramics, Glass Jars, Water An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022 Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece. Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673229117643-I0QLHLNQ7586PYH82TQ0/fullsizeoutput_3cf5.jpeg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Floating Vessels (Pond Dwelling) 2022, Ceramics An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022 Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece. Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673229765314-J3703RHEC8TYWHH5CUB2/mebSgbchT2y3kkruGz93Vw.jpg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Floating Vessels (Pond Dwelling) Detail 2022, Ceramics An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022 Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece. Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/564cb7d7e4b03c719d39533b/1673229561422-Y8NKOQ3XVD2ZGVE3FIPM/image.jpg Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts - Floating Vessels Video Detail of Pond Dwelling Installation 2022, Ceramics An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022 Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece. Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website. 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