a still from an animation

I have been busy with the stop motion animation that will be a large part of my thesis. It will be a long while still before I am ready to share the actual animation, but I thought I would share a still from it so you can start to get an idea.

This image is from the part of the project entitled Now we fill the wondrous vastness (Space Debris, 2012). It is a pressure print of an embroidery of fishing line into paper. 

This time I'll carry these with me (after Lenore Tawney)

Tomorrow is the opening reception of the long-awaited Lenore Tawney exhibition at UArts! The exhibition of work by the Book Arts MFA students and the undergraduate Fibers students in conjunction shares its opening reception.

Read more about the Tawney exhibition here and the student exhibition here. The panel discussion will be of particular interest to all those familiar with her work. I am thrilled to be a part of this show and am incredibly impressed by the work of my fellow students; each piece is different in its own right, yet honors Tawney through the use of her materials.

Below are images of my piece installed as part of the exhibition. I'm much happier with this installation than the incarnation at our WIP show this past fall.

If you're in Philly, we hope to see you at the events! 

time and folding.

I made this last spring, from 400 pieces of tracing paper origami.

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Mumbai

Earlier this month I visited Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to attend the wedding of my beloved sister, Shannon, to my new brother-in-law, Sachin. The trip was unlike anything I have ever experienced, and I am so happy that I was able to be there to share in the magnificent ceremonies and to meet our new family! Here are some of my favorite photographs of my own from the trip, excluding the ones captured at the wedding ceremonies.

rickshaws driving through the market

a store of nothing but bangles

that's fog spelled smog

the open laundry

 Gandhi's house

 Gandhi's library

sisters

 the Gateway to India

the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

the Jain temple

there was an old woman who lived in a shoe...

the Hanging Gardens

I hope you enjoyed these! They are a tiny memento from that whirlwind, dream of a week.

work in progress, fall 2012

A few entries back I posted about some of the Lenore Tawney materials I received, and that I would soon be making an embroidery piece with the small round boxes. Here are a couple of images, captured by the lovely Zoë Bare, taken during the opening of our work in progress exhibition on October 19th. I will be reworking the installation, and future exhibitions will no longer include the shelf - all of the pieces will be meant for the wall from now on. 

This time I'll carry these with me. (after Lenore Tawney)

boxes owned by Tawney, silk thread, linen

Here are a couple of more images of my work from the work in progress exhibition, these images taken by Sean Whener.

After the sun burned her eyes she found her way.

A new piece, shown here in progress. 

Once the wondrous vastness filled us (Comet of Coggia, 1874),

Now we fill the wondrous vastness (Trackable Space Debris, 2012).

This piece is currently taking up the majority of my time and energy, as I am finally creating my first-ever embroidery animation. I cannot wait to finish it and share it with you! 

 Lastly I would like to share my excitement that my piece showing at the Center for Contemporary Art, from them or you or the stars and their voices, was awarded third place! Thank you very much to the juror, Edwin Ramoran.

Manual Autonomy: Mary Smull

This past Thursday was the opening reception for the show my friend Sarah Hulsey and I curated - a solo exhibition of the needlepoint work of artist Mary Smull. Her gallery talk was presented in a question and answer format, with Sarah and I having a conversation with her about her work. I can hardly describe to you how happy we both were to share Mary's work with the UArts community, and to share in this experience with Mary. Please take a moment to look through her website to study her amazing work further.

Thank you to the UArts Alumni Association for their generous funding of the exhibition and event, to our professor Julianna Foster who guided us along the way and suggested Mary's work to us in the first place, to our professor Mary Phelan for accepting our proposal for the gallery space, and to everyone who made it out for the reception!

All photos taken by our friend and classmate, Kunyoung Chang. Thanks, Kunyoung!