multiple panel

 

in process #1

in process #2

in process #3

in process #4

frank porter 

tea stained sheet, curtain, fabric marker

79"x69"x22"

    Memory and family are frequent subjects of my work, and in frank porter, I explore how I mourn and remember my grandfather. My grandfather died when I quite young, and I have spent far more of my life without him than I did knowing him. With such few clear memories of him, each one is a treasure that I wanted to capture in this work. The sheer curtain hanging above is a shroud between reality and memory, pulled back for a moment to reveal what time does to everything. My fabric drawings are a collection of the few objects and moments that I retain about my grandfather- the house he always showed me how to draw, his can of diet coke, his old bb gun that my brother and I lost in the woods one day, a bluegill caught on a canepole, a photo him when he was young- while the sheer drawings are hazy versions of these things touched by time. Some of them are right in front of the viewer. Others are memories floating above them, caught for a moment in the net of a dream. In this piece, I invite others to visit their own loved ones in the memory-spaces of their minds.

quick challenges

 

draw on objects

ephemeral marks in the landscape

water

paper and gesso

transparent/layers

cardboard

water

transparent/layers

draw on objects

draw on objects

ephemeral marks in the landscape

transparent/layers

conversation

paper and gesso

floor to ceiling

transparent/layers

Through these quick challenges, I learned to let go and take risks. I found new techniques like printing with cardboard and sewing transparent fabric. These challenges gave me the freedom to experiment with a broad range of mediums that I will carry with me in my practice. My favorites of these pieces are the transparent/layers challenges. I love exploring transparency in my work. I am excited to continue working with sheer and transparent materials to diffuse and distort my textile and paper drawings. 

transformation drawing

 

transformation 1

gesso

36"x20"

transformation 2

interiors

36"x20"

For this transformation, I tried a new process of drawing on tracing paper and then pasting it with gesso, drawing-side down, to the large piece of paper. I was very pleased with the results of this process and I am excited to carry it with me into the future. Additionally, I enjoyed making many similar drawings of the same subject matter. It creates a rhythm to the work that I find interesting.

transformation 3 

interiors (single chair)

36"x20"

For this transformation, I continued layering gesso and tracing paper, but this time I did not draw on the tracing paper. I wanted to explore negative space, so I kept one little chair in the top corner and covered everything else. I like the haziness that this process produced and I enjoyed the wrinkles in the gesso and tracing paper created. I would have liked to add a few more layers, but for the sake of time I kept it to two layers. By this point, the surface became very thick and stiff, holding its shape off the wall which was exciting. 

transformation 3 

chair

38"x24"

This transformation is my favorite visually, but it was my least favorite process. First, I painted the entire surface black, and then cut out the shape of the chair. To carry all the pieces on to the next transformation, I had to figure out what to do with a ton of extra material. I cut it into strips and glued them to the back of the chair, which lifted it off the wall a bit and created an interesting shadow. With the rest of the remnants, I created an environment for the chair with two white squares. I wish that I had been more precise cutting the strips because it was very difficult to make them line up with the chair outline. Overall, I enjoyed the process of translating a three-dimensional object to a two-dimensional silhouette. 

transformation 5 

chair (enshrined)

42"x26"

For my final transformation, I encased the chair in a layer of tracing paper and combined it with the  brown paper I used to paint the chair on for the previous transformation. I think the addition of brown worked nicely in this piece, but I am not entirely happy with how the tracing paper looks in this final version. I wanted to adhere the tracing paper somehow, but I did not want to use gesso because I didn't want to obscure the black and brown of the chair and the paper. I took a lot of risks with this transformation, which I am proud of myself for doing.

Multiple panel presentation

 

Robert Rauschenberg

research #1 blog example artist

Kiki Smith 

research #2

Ana Vieira

research #3

quick challenge inspirations 

sketch #1

sketch #2

I am thinking about transparency, obscurity, vertical orientations, and domestic spaces for my multiple-panel piece. Dreamlike and foggy spaces populated by household items will be the focus of this work. 

sketch #3

Alternatively, I am considering a work relating to my body. Visually inspired by Kiki Smith, I would layer sheer fabric and charcoal or pen drawings on cotton to obscure and reveal the body.  

spacial tape drawing

sketch of a chair

alternate angle

alternate angle

artist with work for size reference 

artist with the work 

detail

harness and shadows 

alternate angle

artist with the work for scale

detail of shadows

detail of shadows