philly and the joy of water ice

my trip to philadelphia was a success.

i dropped off my piece for The Fifth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition.
you can see my Hair Dinner Setting from july 3 - july 27 at the clay studio.

timing just happened to be right and i was able to witness some of my work in the gallery shop window.
i participated in Art for the Cash Poor 9 at the Crane Arts Building.
this was my first art/craft fair of sorts with my foldedpigs ware.
the carload home was much lighter with one stack of plates left. woo hoo.
the display photo below was from the beginning of the 2nd day.

and last but not least...
i was introduced to the infamous water ice.
as a fan of ice cream treats, i gave it two thumbs up.

Residue (my MFA show)

i used a preexisting column in the gallery space to create a corner environment.

the dining side. seven place settings.
the table has embedded round mirrors so the underside of select plate rims can be viewed.
the kitchen side.
cabinet full of dishes & counter top with clean dishes arranged in a "dirty" sort of way.

statement that accompanies the show:

A thin dark hair emerges into your sight from underneath the green beans. You notice a spot of residue on the dinner plate and a stain on the rim of a cup. A gut reaction of repulsion sets in. You start looking closer. The white on white dinnerware patterns of stripes and polka dots can subtly shift to barcodes and sink drains. Are you just being paranoid or is that a dirty fingerprint? What is really clean?

current work.

here are three pieces (with details) to represent some of the work in my thesis show.

the settings are photographed on wood placemats with embedded mirrors to highlight some nasty bits.

stay tuned for more...

set up sans work.

my show display. please excuse the bins underneath the table.
coming soon... a picture of my work ON the display.

hiding under the table.

volver.

this is so right in so many ways.

thesis display

i spent some quality time in the woodshop.

"that's over $500 in clampage"

almost finished. oo la la.

the show.

t minus 3 days until set up.