E Things

2008-01-29T17:11:00.000-08:00

2007-10-25T18:15:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the ridicuously long absense. Here are better pictures of the awning in action:

2007-04-19T20:08:00.000-07:00

"worth the stroll"
It was a bright day, so the images are a little washed out.

The sides are covered in the same color as the building, so you get a surprise as you round the corner.

The whole structure went up in a day-I got there around noon, and they had just put the awning on. It's just like stretching a canvas!

2007-04-18T20:39:00.000-07:00

Territories
I began working on an awning for Latitude restaurant a few weeks ago. I liked the idea of working from images of aerial views of topography as a play on the idea of collage-spaces that are relative to one another, but significantly different. Latitude began as a California-french restaurant, so the idea of expansiveness beyond one particular set of conditions was important. The juxtaposition of shapes and textures creates interesting relationships that question the identities of each space, and that create a new textural landscape when combined. While the final design was formal, the exercise got me thinking about the possibility of using more recognizable imagery.

(I will upload the paintings soon)

2006-11-07T07:22:00.000-08:00

Another jaquard from my thesis.

2006-11-07T07:11:00.000-08:00

detail

detail

Thesis work
In the fall of 2005, I began to explore the potential of a jacquard woven fabric to function as a focal point within a space designated for meditation or contemplation. The fabric installation would function to assist the architectural environment in offering a respite from the tensions of social experience.
By installing the lengths of panels next to one another, but at different depths from the wall, I hoped to communicate the experience of time and light.

2006-11-07T06:31:00.000-08:00

More work from grad school..."landscape stripes"
The first pattern is an abstraction of a landscape. The two color ways below are identical in terms of value and proportion, but different hues are introduced.

2006-10-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

swimming pool 2

2006-10-19T15:13:00.000-07:00

swimming pool.

2006-09-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

A. with two jaquard fabrics from my thesis. I will post better images of this work soon.

2006-09-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

First jaquard-woven fabric. I got the idea for the geometric forms from looking at quilts, but I this is more like a shattered quilt. It's all the same parts, but they have a totally different energy... it's constructed quite differently. I've never quilted before, but like hand weaving and painting, it's a hands on process. There is a really wonderful thing that happens with painting that I began to feel cheated out of when I realized I had to make my work on an industrial loom. Consequently my work often hinged on disaster trying to see how much latitude I could make for myself with the machine.

2006-09-20T23:31:00.000-07:00

Positive/negative
This is one of the first screenprints that I did-reinterpreting nature/landscape prints. I created the stencil by assembling pieces of foam core as if they were blocks.