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Craft Forward Symposium 2011 - An index for all lectures
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2011-05-12T16:39:14.572Z
Harriete E Berman
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<p style="float: right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"><a href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88502547970d-popup" style="float: left;"></a> <a href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f7463970d-popup" style="float: left;"><img alt="Advance 2 Go Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e885f7463970d" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f7463970d-200wi" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 200px;" title="Advance 2 Go Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman"></img></a> <br></br> …</p>
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<p style="float: right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88502547970d-popup"></a> <a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f7463970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e885f7463970d" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 200px;" title="Advance 2 Go Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f7463970d-200wi" alt="Advance 2 Go Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman"/></a> <br/> <span style="font-size: 9px;"><a title="Flower Brooches by Harriete Estel Berman are constructed from post conumer recycled tin cans." href="http://www.harriete-estel-berman.info/jewelry/JewelryFlowerpins.html" target="_blank">Advance to Go</a>© 2011<br/> Post Consumer Recycled tin cans<br/> Artist: Harriete Estel Berman <br/><br/></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Craft Forward,</span> an amazing title</strong> that attracted my attention when first announced.</p>
<p>I wouldn't have missed this symposium -- and only an hour from my house. </p>
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<p style="float: right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f6f85970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e885f6f85970d" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 200px;" title="$$$ Money Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f6f85970d-200wi" alt="$$$ Money Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman"/></a> <br/><span style="font-size: 9px;"><a title="$$$ Money Game Free Parking" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73907577/money-game-free-parking-new-york-avenue" target="_blank"> $$$ Money Game Free Parking</a> © 2011<br/> Post Consumer Recycled Tin Cans<br/> Artist: Harriete Estel Berman<br/><br/></span></p>
<p><strong>A symposium about CRAFT <em>moving</em> Forward.</strong> Despite the upheavals and economic struggles for all artists and makers, I anticipated a symposium that could give direction to the future of craft.</p>
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<p style="float: right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154323ecc11970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d14488340154323ecc11970c" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; width: 200px;" title="$$$ Money Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman " src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154323ecc11970c-200wi" alt="$$$ Money Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman "/></a> <br/><span style="font-size: 9px;"><a title="$$$ Money Game Free Parking" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73907577/money-game-free-parking-new-york-avenue" target="_blank"> $$$Money Gamer Free Parking</a> © 2011<br/> Post Consumer Recycled tin Cans<br/> Artist: Harriete Estel Berman<br/><br/></span></p>
<p><strong>Before the symposium, I was so excited and asked, "What is Craft Forward?"</strong> <br/><br/><strong>The topic was prescient and</strong> <br/><strong>I committed ASK Harriete</strong> to sharing this information with a wider circle.<br/><br/> <strong>Isn't that the value and benefit of the Internet?</strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Lydia Matthews</span> in her closing remarks at Craft Forward asked us:</strong></p>
<p><strong>"How can we continue this conversation?"</strong></p>
<p><strong>"How do you move Craft Forward?"</strong></p>
<p>"<strong>What do you want to move forward?"</strong></p>
<p><strong>"What do you leave behind?"</strong></p>
<p><strong>Can we "Carry the banner of craft forward?"</strong></p>
<p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e5e3e21970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e5e3e21970b" style="width: 368px;" title="CraftforwardBANNERFLG" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e5e3e21970b-400wi" alt="CraftforwardBANNERFLG"/></a> <br/> <a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f8527970d-popup"></a></p>
<p style="float: right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"><a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f8527970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e885f8527970d" style="border: 1px solid #000000; width: 200px;" title="Life Flower Brooch by Harriete EStel Berman is constructed from post consumer recycled tin cans." src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885f8527970d-200wi" alt="Life Flower Brooch by Harriete EStel Berman is constructed from post consumer recycled tin cans."/></a> <br/> <br/><span style="font-size: 9px;"><a title="Life is a Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73488447/life-is-a-game-flower-brooch" target="_blank">Life is Game Flower Brooch</a> © 2011<br/>Post consumer recycled tin cans <br/>Artist: Harriete Estel Berman <br/><br/></span></p>
<p><strong>In retrospect, after attending the symposium, I have indeed learned a lot.</strong> Taking time to read and reread my notes, I remember the lectures.</p>
<p><strong>In writing about each speaker and their presentation</strong> (condensed to one post), it is hard to do justice to the great effort invested in their talks. I hope reading my posts has provided some insights for everyone whether they attended the symposium or not.</p>
<p style="float: right; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"> <br/><a title="Life is a Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73488447/life-is-a-game-flower-brooch" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-size: 9px;"><br/><br/></span></p>
<p><strong>I am sure the organizers had great plans. </strong> The original description of the Craft Forward Symposium is linked here as a PDF. <span class="asset asset-generic at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e5e33b1970b"><a href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/files/craftforward-letter.pdf">Download CraftForward letter</a></span> (just in case you want to read the stated premise of the symposium).</p>
<p> <a title="Life is a Game Flower Brooch by Harriete Estel Berman" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/73488447/life-is-a-game-flower-brooch" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-size: 9px;"> </span><strong>The sessions were well defined and covered a spectrum of craft</strong> (or not craft, as you can decide whether the speakers addressed the topic or not.)<a target="_blank" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e6c19c3970b-popup"><img class="align-right" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e6c19c3970b-200wi?width=200" width="200"/></a></p>
<p><strong>The Sessions are listed <em>below</em> with links to the respective posts</strong> covering each and every lecture. <a title="All the posts about Craft Forward on ASK Harriete " href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/craft-forward/" target="_blank">You can find all the posts about Craft Forward <em>here</em>.</a> General questions and comments raised by the readers of ASK Harriete and my overall critique of the symposium will be the topic of the next and final post on Craft Forward.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Day One <a style="float: right;" title="Manufractured Exhibition" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/03/anufractured-clips-capsules-confiscated-craft-commentary.html" target="_blank"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e5e442b970b" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 200px;" title="MANUFRACTUREDHBerman_grass" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e5e442b970b-200wi" alt="MANUFRACTUREDHBerman_grass"/></a> <br/></span></strong></p>
<p>Exhibition <a title="Manufractured Clips, Capsules, Confiscated, and Commentary" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/03/anufractured-clips-capsules-confiscated-craft-commentary.html" target="_blank">Manufractured Clips, Capsules, Confiscated, and Commentary</a></p>
<p><a title="Glenn Adamson" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-2011-glenn-adamson-.html" target="_blank">Glenn Adamson (a quick preview)</a></p>
<p>Keynote Address- <a title="Keynote Critical Point, the Risk of Craft" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-keynote-critical-point-the-risk-of-craft.html" target="_blank">Keynote Critical Point, the Risk of Craft</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Day Two</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 1</span></strong></span><strong>:</strong> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a style="float: right;" title="Sensory Craft at Craft Forward" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-sensory-craft-with-david-howes-and-frank-wilson.html" target="_blank"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e88519504970d" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 200px;" title="The hand" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88519504970d-200wi" alt="The hand"/></a></span></span></strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Sensory Craft</span></span></strong></span> <a title="Senory Craft with David Howes and Frank Wilson " href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-sensory-craft-with-david-howes-and-frank-wilson.html" target="_blank"><br/>Sensory Craft with David Howes and Frank Wilson</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 2</span></strong></span><strong>:</strong> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Body Craft</span><br/></span></strong></span><a title="How Does Craft Shape Bodies? with Lauren Kalman and Allyson Mitchell" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-2011-how-does-craft-shape-bodies-with-lauren-kalman-allyson-mitchell.html" target="_blank">How Does Craft Shape Bodies? with Lauren Kalman and Allyson Mitchell</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 3</span></strong></span><strong>:</strong> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br/><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Identity Craft</span><br/></span></strong></span><a title="Identity Craft by Bridget Cooks" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craftforward-symposium-2011-identity-craft-bridget-cooks-and-sanjit-sethi.html" target="_blank">Identity Craft by Bridget Cooks</a></p>
<p><a title=""Crafting the Politics of Identity" with Water Writes by Nancy Hernandez" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-crafting-the-politics-of-identity-with-nancy-hernandez.html" target="_blank">"Crafting the Politics of Identity" with Nancy Hernandez</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 4</span></strong></span><strong>:</strong> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a style="float: right;" title="Digital Craft at Craft Forward" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-digital-craft-presented-in-hypermode-but-lost-opportunity.html" target="_blank"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e88519699970d" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 200px;" title="NIKE" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88519699970d-200wi" alt="NIKE"/></a></span></span></strong></span><br/><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Digital Craft</span></span></strong></span> <a title="Craft Forward Symposium - Digital Craft presented in hyper mode, but Lost Opportunity" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-digital-craft-presented-in-hypermode-but-lost-opportunity.html" target="_blank"><br/>Digital Craft Presented in Hyper Mode, but Lost Opportunity</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Day Three</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 5</span></span></strong><strong>:</strong> <strong><a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834015432311d1f970c-pi"><img style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 200px;" title="Theaster-gatesWHITEhand" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834015432311d1f970c-200wi" alt="Theaster-gatesWHITEhand"/></a></strong><br/><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Mass Craft</span> </span></span></strong> <a title="Mass Craft, Free Market or Inverted Market" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craftforward-symposium-2011-mass-craft-free-market-or-inverted-market.html" target="_blank"><br/>Mass Craft, Free Market or Inverted Market</a></p>
<p><a title="Craft FORWARD Symposium 2011 - Mass Craft, Theaster Gates Constructs Context with Added Value" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-2011-mass-craft-theaster-gates-constructs-context-with-added-value.html" target="_blank">Mass Craft, Theaster Gates Constructs Context with Added Value</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 6</span></span></strong><strong>:</strong> <strong><a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88519a4d970d-pi"><img style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 200px;" title="Making It" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88519a4d970d-200wi" alt="Making It"/></a></strong><br/><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Material Craft</span> </span></span></strong> <a title="Material Craft with Chris Lefteri Materials Expert" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/04/craft-forward-symposium-2011-material-craft-chris-lefteri-materials-expert.html" target="_blank"><br/>Material Craft with Chris Lefteri Materials Expert</a></p>
<p><a title="Materials Craft with Chris Taylor Blowing Glass (Floating in a Boat, Upside Down or Inside Out)" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/05/craft-forward-symposium-2011-material-craft-with-chris-taylor-blowing-glass-floating-in-a-boat-upsid.html" target="_blank">Material Craft with Chris Taylor Blowing Glass (Floating in a Boat, Upside Down or Inside Out)</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 7:</span></span></strong> <a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154323f0382970c-popup"><img style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; width: 200px;" title="Word.craft.72" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154323f0382970c-200wi" alt="Word.craft.72"/></a><br/><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Word Craft</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a title="Word Craft by Patricia Powell and Paul Flores" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/05/craft-forward-symposium-2011-word-craft-patricia-powell-paul-flores.html" target="_blank"> </a> <br/> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Word Craft - by Patricia Powell and Paul Flores</span></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Session 8:<br/><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Resistance Craft</span><br/></span></span></strong><a title="Resistence Craft with High Voltage and Low Resonance includes Otto von Busch, Liz Collins, and Teddy Cruz" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/ask_harriete/2011/05/craft-forward-symposium-2011-resistance-craft-with-high-voltage-and-low-resonance-includes-otto-von-busch-liz-collins-teddy-c.html" target="_blank"><strong>Resistence Craft</strong> with High Voltage and Low Resonance includes Otto von Busch, Liz Collins, Teddy Cruz</a></p>
<p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885fb0f9970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e885fb0f9970d" style="width: 368px;" title="Resistorcraftcopy" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e885fb0f9970d-400wi" alt="Resistorcraftcopy"/></a> <br/><br/></p>
<p><strong>The next post will include comments from the readers and myself, Harriete Estel Berman.</strong> It will be the last post about Craft Forward.</p>
Craft Forward Symposium 2011 - Word Craft - by Patricia Powell and Paul Flores
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2011-05-05T06:28:00.145Z
Harriete E Berman
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<p><strong><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058044608?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058044608?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> "Word Craft"</strong> was the seventh session at Craft Forward. At this point we had listened to 13 lectures plus the nine or ten introductions (depending on how you count).</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321ef4ae970c-popup" style="float: left;"><img alt="Keys.72" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d14488340154321ef4ae970c" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321ef4ae970c-200wi" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Keys.72"></img></a> After lunch on the 2nd day,</strong> my brain was…</p>
<p><strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058044608?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058044608?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>"Word Craft"</strong> was the seventh session at Craft Forward. At this point we had listened to 13 lectures plus the nine or ten introductions (depending on how you count).</p>
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<p><strong><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321ef4ae970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d14488340154321ef4ae970c" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Keys.72" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321ef4ae970c-200wi" alt="Keys.72"/></a> After lunch on the 2nd day,</strong> my brain was spinning from the fast paced intake of information, but my note taking methodology was improving with finger tips ready for speedy typing.</p>
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<p><strong><a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e883f930e970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e883f930e970d" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="100 wordsGR" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e883f930e970d-200wi" alt="100 wordsGR"/></a> At best, the inclusion of "Word Craft" in Craft Forward is a conceptual stretch, but possible. </strong> Unfortunetly, neither speaker tied the content of their presentations to the audience of makers or the theme Craft Forward. It could have been great, to make words relevant to an art and craft audience -- an opportunity lost. Nevertheless, Paul Flores was a discovery worth finding, . . . <em>keep reading.</em></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Summary<br/></strong></span> <a style="float: left;" title="Me Dying Trial" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807083658/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwharrietees-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0807083658" target="_blank"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e883ab68e970d" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Me Dying Trial" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e883ab68e970d-200wi" alt="Me Dying Trial"/></a> <strong>Patricia Powell is an author.</strong> Her lecture titled, "Language and Desire and the Discipline of Art" was the first speaker in Session 7, Word Craft. She professed in her short introduction that she wants her text to be healing by combining the study of energy, medicine and shamanism. This lecture completely missed the mark.</p>
<p>After describing the characters in her book, "Me Dying Trial," she proceeded to read directly from the book. It may be a common practice for authors to read from their books, but I think it is a TERRIBLE IDEA unless the author has a magical voice to craft her words. It didn't happen.</p>
<p>If you want to read her book, <a title="review of the book Me Dying Trial" href="http://www.browngirlspeaks.com/3/post/2010/3/me-dying-trial-by-patricia-powell.html" target="_blank">here is a review of the book.</a> Below are her other books.</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321a3b5d970c-popup"><img class="align-right" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321a3b5d970c-200wi?width=200" width="200"/></a> <strong>The next speaker was Paul Flores.</strong> He was much more entertaining. In fact, that is what he is - an entertainer. Enjoy the video excerpts below, they are well worth the time to listen carefully to his use of words. </p>
<p><strong>He opened his lecture by stepping away from the podium and speaking from a standing mike.</strong> That one foot step changes the speaker's relationship with the audience. It was an amazing relief. Most of the speakers at Craft Forward hung onto that podium like it was a life raft.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">This video above is provided by emiko oye. Filmed at Craft Forward Symposium.</span></p>
<p>This same poem performed at Craft Forward can also be viewed here in a more formal rendition: <a title="The Crowbar Thing by Paul Flores" href="http://vimeo.com/2587678" target="_blank">"Liquid Bar". Watch it online.</a></p>
<p>Below is another video of Paul Flores recorded by emiko oye at Craft Forward about "Spanglish".</p>
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<p>A large part of his poetry and style is influenced by his Hispanic background. By watching these videos and the video link on his <a title="Paul Flores MySpace" href="http://www.myspace.com/paulfloresrepresenta" target="_blank">MySpace page</a>, you can acquire your own perspective.<br/> <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hhttoJwALoA" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058045154?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058045154?profile=original" width="139" height="224"/></a> What did I learn? </strong> <br/><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Speakers should not use podiums as a crutch to hide behind. I knew this before, but Paul Flores proved it by example without a doubt. Step out and share the power of your message.</span><strong><br/></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Background about the speakers (below).</span></strong></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e4754fb970b-popup"><img class="align-left" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e4754fb970b-200wi?width=200" width="200"/></a> Patricia Powell is an associate professor of English at Mills College and author of "Me Dying Trial" and "A Small Gathering of Bones" (Beacon Press, 2003), "The Pagoda" (Harcourt, 1999), and <a title="The Fullness of Everything" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845231139/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwharrietees-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1845231139" target="_blank">"The Fullness of Everything"</a> (Peepal Tree Press, 2009).<br/>Excerpts from her novels have been widely anthologized and she has lectured and led creative writing workshops in literary venues both nationally and internationally.</p>
<p><strong><em>Below</em> are her other books</strong> which are affiliate links. <br/><strong><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321a18cc970c-popup"><img style="width: 122px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="The Fullness of Everything" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321a18cc970c-150wi" alt="The Fullness of Everything" width="118" height="179"/></a> <a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e883ac036970d-popup"><img style="width: 122px;" title="Agathering of bones" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e883ac036970d-150wi" alt="Agathering of bones" width="122" height="182"/></a></strong> <strong><a style="float: left;" title="The Pagoda by Patricia Powell" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156008297?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwharrietees-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0156008297" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="The_Pagoda-" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340154321a1edc970c-150wi" alt="The_Pagoda-" width="115" height="181"/></a> </strong></p>
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<p><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e6021e708970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e6021e708970c" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Paul_flores" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e6021e708970c-200wi" alt="Paul_flores"/></a> <strong>Paul Flores is local to the San Francisco Bay Area. </strong> It would definitely be interesting to go to one of his performances. <a title="Paul Flores on My Space" href="http://www.myspace.com/paulfloresrepresenta" target="_blank">Here is a link to his MySpace page</a> so you can find out if he is performing in your area. There is another video on his MySpace page showing him perform "Brown Dream."</p>
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<p> <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058042401?profile=original"></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058047315?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058047315?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a><br/><br/> <br/></p>
Craft FORWARD Symposium 2011 - Mass Craft, Theaster Gates Constructs Context with Added Value
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-26:2104389:Topic:231412
2011-04-26T02:39:20.559Z
Harriete E Berman
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<p><span class="font-size-4">The lecture by Theaster Gates opened with an song.<span class="font-size-3"> <br></br>emiko oye captured his "a cappella" solo opening at Craft Forward.</span></span><iframe frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FT-wREpkGtg?wmode=opaque" width="640"></iframe>
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<p>As you can see in the opening title of the video, Theaster Gates' lecture was titled, " Soul Manufacturing Corporation, Racialized Materiality and the Life of a Negro Potter." The title is a…</p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">The lecture by Theaster Gates opened with an song.<span class="font-size-3"> <br/>emiko oye captured his "a cappella" solo opening at Craft Forward.</span></span><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FT-wREpkGtg" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe>
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<p>As you can see in the opening title of the video, Theaster Gates' lecture was titled, " Soul Manufacturing Corporation, Racialized Materiality and the Life of a Negro Potter." The title is a mouthful....hard to grasp in one sentence. The lecture and the man were equally complex.</p>
<p><strong>In the beginning of the lecture,</strong> Theaster talked about two areas of focus early in his adult life. One is his academic study of Urban Planning. Second his multiple years of study in Japan of ceramics. He says, I have "clay in my veins."</p>
<p style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88131f58970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e88131f58970d" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="TheasterGAteJapaneses" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88131f58970d-200wi" alt="TheasterGAteJapaneses"/></a><br/><span style="font-size: 9px;">Untitled (bowl) © 2010<br/>Ink on Paper 24" x 30"<br/>Artist: Theaster Gates<br/>Image Courtesy of artst and Kavi Gupta<br/>Gallery, Berlin / Chicago<br/></span></p>
<p><strong>My impression was that Theaster Gates skills with Japanese pottery, tea bowls, and an Eastern influence</strong> were perceived as inauthentic by both the art /craft hierarchy and the public. This external evaluation of his work resulted in limited professional success.</p>
<p><strong>The internal issue for Gates was the difficulty to tie his black identity to a Japanese aesthetic.</strong> Gates questions,"How do cultural legacy's work?" How could he align his black self to the Japanese self?</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong>This is a valuable lesson for all artists and makers.</strong></span> When attempting to adopt the skills, tools or aesthetics of another culture or another artist, your own artistic identity will likely become confused. Professional success will always be limited unless the "authentic" artist within you comes out.</p>
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<p><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e8813170f970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e8813170f970d" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Dave the pottertheaster-gates" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e8813170f970d-200wi" alt="Dave the pottertheaster-gates"/></a> <strong>“Dave the slave potter” was Theaster Gates' early brand</strong> in an effort to connect his black cultural legacy to industry, craft (ceramics) and American history. This is where the "Soul Ceramic Manufacturing Corporation" comes from in the title. He essentially constructed a story from 1840 for Dave the Slave that represents his knowledge and love of clay. Theaster tied this context and structure to make his craft "go forward."</p>
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<p><a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88132396970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e88132396970d" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="My name is product" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88132396970d-200wi" alt="My name is product"/></a> <strong>It seems that Gates is much better at creating a conceptual structure around his work based on his own cultural legacy as a black man in America.</strong> Read more about <a title="Theaster Gates at the Milwaukee Art Museum" href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/92792319.html" target="_blank">Dave the Potter's role in an exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum</a> and decide for yourself. <a title="you tube video of Theaster Gates at the Milwaukee Art museum." href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QWXC36fHNc&feature=related" target="_blank">Better yet, listen to his lecture at the Opening night at the Milwaukee Art Museum.</a></p>
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<p><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88134c1d970d-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834014e88134c1d970d" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Theaster-gatesWHITEhand" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834014e88134c1d970d-200wi" alt="Theaster-gatesWHITEhand"/></a> AT <a title="Kohler Artist in Resisdency program" href="http://www.jmkac.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178&Itemid=13" target="_blank">Kohler Artist in Residency program</a>, Gates' background as a Urban Planner took a stronger role as he organized the Kohler Union Workers into a gospel choir. Industrial workers that may not go to art museums sing about bowls, jars and teapots, and bring the "whole body into the world of clay."<strong> </strong> This seems like a natural for Gates.</p>
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<p><a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1fb626970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e1fb626970b" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Gospel" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1fb626970b-200wi" alt="Gospel"/></a> <strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>You can see the Gospel church singing style</strong> in many of the video excerpts of these productions online. His "singing is a cultural production" going back to his southern Mississippi roots, the same way that craft and food carry culture. Yet another way that Craft Forward engages the community as subject and content.</p>
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<p><a style="float: left;" title="Theaster Gates" href="http://chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/05/i4design-the-suite-16-second-8/" target="_blank"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e1fb7c6970b" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Index" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1fb7c6970b-200wi" alt="Index"/></a><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong>Gates is best at the rhetoric. He gives his work credibiltiy and historical foundation - a valuable concept for other artists and makers.</strong></span> Theaster knows Japanese ceramic history, 20th century western ceramic history, and black history which he then connects to his own history with ceramics. He intellectually develops a foundation for his work. He isn't just making "stuff" that he can make. <em>He thinks about what he is making and why he is making it.</em></p>
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<p><em><a style="float: right;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1f821d970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e1f821d970b" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="TheasterGateshouse" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1f821d970b-200wi" alt="TheasterGateshouse"/></a></em> <strong>More recent work with wood is an outcome of his "urban planning background."</strong> He buys <a title="Theaster Gates working in Chicago turning old homes into urban renewal." href="http://www.brokencitylab.org/blog/the-artist-the-good-neighbour/" target="_blank">old buildings in his neighborhood,</a> guts the buildings using work force development workers, offering training and jobs to untrained labors. This is a one man, grass roots urban renewal initiative - one building at a time.</p>
<p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834015431f2e461970c-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d1448834015431f2e461970c" style="width: 368px;" title="SLR-HOLY-TRINITY-04" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d1448834015431f2e461970c-400wi" alt="SLR-HOLY-TRINITY-04"/></a> <br/><br/></p>
<p><a style="float: left;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1f7f4b970b-popup"><img class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e55107d144883401538e1f7f4b970b" style="width: 200px; margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;" title="Theaster Gates shoe shine stands" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d144883401538e1f7f4b970b-200wi" alt="Theaster Gates shoe shine stands"/></a> <strong>The old materials reclaimed from the buildings are re-used in his artwork creating the SHOE SHINE STANDS.</strong> There is a "value added" to these reclaimed materials which add depth to the concepts behind his work. If you ever have the opportunity to see Theaster Gates give a lecture, don't miss it. This was one of a few lectures during Craft Forward that delighted and inspired the audience.</p>
<p>As with most of the lectures, the Q & A was much too short to expand to the conversation. There were a few good comments that I will save for my final review.</p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong></span></p>
<p>You can read <a title="Theaster Gates review by emiko oye on Crafthaus " href="%3Ciframe%20title="YouTube%20video%20player"%20width="640"%20height="390"%20src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FT-wREpkGtg"%20frameborder="0"%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E" target="_blank">all the comments by emiko oye about Theaster Gates on Crafthaus.</a></p>
<p><a style="display: inline;" href="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340147e3299caf970b-popup"><img style="width: 368px;" title="Gates" src="http://askharriete.typepad.com/.a/6a00e55107d14488340147e3299caf970b-400wi" alt="Gates"/></a> <br/> <a title="web site for Theaster Gates" href="http://theastergates.com/home.html" target="_blank">Theaster Gates</a> <a title="web site for Theaster Gates" href="http://theastergates.com/home.html" target="_blank">i</a>s an artist, musician, and “cultural planner” as well as director of arts program development for the University of Chicago.</p>
<p><a title="interview with Theaster Gates." href="http://badatsports.com/2009/episode-205-terry-scrogumtheaster-gates/" target="_blank">Interview with Theaster Gates</a> from August 2, 2009.</p>
<p><a title="Art Slant interview with Theaster Gates." href="http://www.artslant.com/ny/artists/rackroom/33623" target="_blank">ArtSlant interview with Theaster Gates that is worth reading.</a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058038203?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058038203?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p>
Soul Craft - A Mass you can get behind
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-13:2104389:Topic:221723
2011-04-13T09:39:47.890Z
emiko oye
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<p>Shooting ahead to Session 5 on Day 3 of the <strong>Craft Forward</strong> conference, I simply can't wait to post video from the ever-compelling <strong><a href="http://theastergates.com/home.html" target="_blank">Theaster Gates</a></strong>. Many of us agreed that we could have listened to him speak for hours; his presentation eloquent and lively with Gospel singing and video clips; his engagement with his community endearing and inspiring. The fact that he is a "cultural planner",…</p>
<p>Shooting ahead to Session 5 on Day 3 of the <strong>Craft Forward</strong> conference, I simply can't wait to post video from the ever-compelling <strong><a target="_blank" href="http://theastergates.com/home.html">Theaster Gates</a></strong>. Many of us agreed that we could have listened to him speak for hours; his presentation eloquent and lively with Gospel singing and video clips; his engagement with his community endearing and inspiring. The fact that he is a "cultural planner", revitalizing his neighborhood in Chicago by creating artists studios and spaces is to be applauded for sure. A very thoughtful, and present man you'd hope to get to speak with at some point in time.</p>
<p>Here is a clip from the beginning of his presentation, <em>"The Soul Ceramic Manufacturing Corporation and Other Notes on Racialized Materiality."</em></p>
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<p>Here is a video clip from the talk highlighting the Gospel choir he assembled during his residency at Kohler, people from the Milwaukee community singing about the blue collar craftsmen that have worked in ceramics there:</p>
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Body Craft - "Is it gross or beautiful?"
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-12:2104389:Topic:221034
2011-04-12T10:53:17.021Z
emiko oye
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/emikooye
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034770?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034770?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200"></img></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://craftforward.org" target="_blank">Craft Forward</a>, Session 2: Body Craft - How do Bodies Shape Craft? How has craft shaped collective Bodies?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Artists <a href="http://www.laurenkalman.com/lauren/Portfolio.html" target="_blank">Lauren Kalman</a>, <a href="http://www.allysonmitchell.com/home.cfm" target="_blank">Allyson…</a></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034770?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="200" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034770?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="200" class="align-left"/></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://craftforward.org" target="_blank">Craft Forward</a>, Session 2: Body Craft - How do Bodies Shape Craft? How has craft shaped collective Bodies?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Artists <a href="http://www.laurenkalman.com/lauren/Portfolio.html" target="_blank">Lauren Kalman</a>, <a href="http://www.allysonmitchell.com/home.cfm" target="_blank">Allyson Mitchell</a></strong></p>
<p>The women artist speakers during this session both used craft as action and object, either directly using the body as the canvas for the work, replicating the body, or to question the social construction of gender. As Lauren posed the question in contemplating her own work, "is it gross or beautiful?" (not unlike this image, left, of the BodyCraft Xpress machine, which seems more like a medieval torture device).</p>
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<p><strong>Lauren Kalman - <em>Health and Beauty: Intersections Between Consumer Objects, Fashion, and Images of Illness</em></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058035876?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058035876?profile=original" width="400" class="align-full"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments </em></span><span style="font-size: 11px;"><em>(Wart)</em></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph_style_1"><em><span class="font-size-1">Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments</span></em></p>
<p class="paragraph_style_1"><em><span class="font-size-1">(Herpes Zoster)</span></em></p>
<p>This series replicates and transforms disease as jeweled infections, lesions, and soars. Hybridizations of objects associated with beauty, status, or wealth, and the grotesque or undesirable aspects of the skin. Lauren is inspired by historic, medical photographs and how the body is in service of the image. Creating objects to be in service of producing images. She is interested in where boundaries are not clearly defined between ideal and non ideal bodies.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034995?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034995?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-full"/></a><span class="font-size-1">historical, medical photo of female with Elephantitis</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><em><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027891?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027891?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a></em></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph_style"><span class="font-size-1"><em>Spectacular</em> Inkjet print, fabric</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11px;"><i><br/></i></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><em><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033306?profile=original" target="_self"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034038?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034038?profile=original" width="200" class="align-full"/></a><br/> <span class="style_2">Hard Wear (Oral Rims)</span></em></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><span class="style_3"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034914?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034914?profile=original" width="462" class="align-full"/></a> <em><span class="style_2">Hard Wear installation, OSU</span></em></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-size: 11px;">Lauren does a lot of installation pieces, to include her photography, video (of performance with the objects), and objects in an environment. I appreciate her vision for a complete viewer experience in a gallery space. Often I find myself at jewelry exhibitions (especially in museum shows with elaborate pieces) wishing I could see how the piece looked on a body, not dead in a run-of-the-mill plexi case. People rumble on and on about Craft Vs. Art, and perhaps if more artists/curators thought through the presentation of work like Lauren does, then perhaps it would no longer be a debate.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028085?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028085?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="font-size-1"><em>makeup image from Style.com</em></span><br/></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><em><span class="style_3"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058036052?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058036052?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500" class="align-full"/></a></span></em></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph_style_1"><span class="font-size-1"><em>Projection (Earring) </em>Digital print, gold-plated electroformed copper, foam, gold, pearls, cubic zirconium</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><em><span class="style_3">“</span></em><span class="style_3"><span class="font-size-2">Gold is a material imbued with myth. Its brilliance, indelibility and non-corrodible surface have come to signify beauty, purity and immortality. To appropriate these qualities, cultures have adopted the application of gold to the body. In modern societies it can be argued that jewelry is worn as a visual, aesthetic extension of the internal desire for perfection. In contrast, I present gold jewelry as a vehicle to amplify taboo aspects of the body.”</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><span class="style_3"><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033300?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033300?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a> <span class="font-size-1"><em>Hard Wear (Aural, Oral, Digital Gems)</em></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><span class="style_3"><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><em><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058035793?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058035793?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/></a>Lauren Kalman at opening night of Craft Forward</em></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><span class="style_3"><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><em><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033534?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033534?profile=original" width="250" class="align-full"/></a>Allyson Mitchell after her presentation at Craft Forward</em></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><strong>Allyson Mitchell - Q is for Craft: Deep Lez Crafting in a Material World</strong></p>
<p>Nothing relieves a sqeamish audience more than brownies and Sasquatches!</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058035539?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058035539?profile=original" width="300" class="align-full"/></a>"Brownies is how I learned to make art", queer artist and activist Allyson Mitchell states right from the start. Nothing beats a bit of humor and a bit of self mocking in a presentation, right? Truly entertaining and well-spoken, Allyson had my complete attention and it seemed that the audience perked up as well as she took us on a furry adventure, "reweaving abandoned craftwork from thrift stores, activating the stories embedded in materials". Or maybe I'm just a sucker for the soft, cuddly, and anything in pink faux fur.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033304?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033304?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500" class="align-full"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Venus of Nudelesque</em></span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028242?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028242?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a>From inspiration to artist to Lady Sasquatch, to an entire room of female sasquatches!</p>
<p>"Reverse Airbrushing" or "Sasquatching the [female] form"</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028743?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028743?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="500" class="align-full"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Ladies Sasquatch coven</em></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">What is acceptable or unacceptable standards of femininity, she asks?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><em><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028823?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028823?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a> Ladies Sasquatch (detail: Margo and Emma) Plush Pinups</em></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Yes, more stuffed animals, it is an underlying craft theme i guess - but pink corduroy with teats, aaahhhh! Or this crazy hair-ears squirley girl with threatening monsters in the background that apparently were hard to keep people's hands off of during exhibition. </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033297?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033297?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a> <span class="font-size-1"><em>Ladies Sasquatch (detail: Chelsey, Maxy and Tawny)</em></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">How about a tent-sized vagina, a "Vagina Dentata", part trance chill room, part knitter's paradise, where you can "sit and contemplate appetites out of control"...</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><em><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034280?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034280?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a>Hungry Purse installation</em> (it was recently shown at the Society for Contemporary Craft)</span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><em><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034465?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034465?profile=original" width="450" class="align-full"/></a>Granny Square Wreck Room</em></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><em>S</em><span class="font-size-2">o many discarded thrift store handicrafts, but in the end wrecked havoc with Allyson's health, dealing with years of mold and other undesirable aspects of used bedding. Don't try this at home, folks!</span></span></span></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034646?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058034646?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="400" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><span class="font-size-2">On a lighter note, I got a chuckle from her take on the masculine Trucker Nutz car accessory with her Goddess Balls (below) that rode around on the back of a school bus.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029009?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029009?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a>All in all, this hour and a half session was a highlight of my day: pushing comfort levels, poking fun, and women fully embracing craft. Watch out world, Big Trubs is a-comin'!</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><span class="font-size-1"><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033504?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058033504?profile=original" width="500" class="align-full"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Big Trubs</em></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><em><span class="style_3"> </span></em></span></p>
Craft Forward - Kick Off!
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-09:2104389:Topic:220364
2011-04-09T20:50:44.213Z
emiko oye
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<p>The kick off night of Craft Forward was jam-packed, starting with an Open House at CCA's Oakland campus. Saw some interesting student work, met some promising young talent, then everyone convened at Mission Bay Conference Center for some mingling over drinks and mind-stretching keynote, The Invention of Craft by historian, Glenn Adamson. </p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029900?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029900?profile=original" width="500"></img></a> Wei Lah Poh sporting her hand…</p>
<p>The kick off night of Craft Forward was jam-packed, starting with an Open House at CCA's Oakland campus. Saw some interesting student work, met some promising young talent, then everyone convened at Mission Bay Conference Center for some mingling over drinks and mind-stretching keynote, The Invention of Craft by historian, Glenn Adamson. </p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029900?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029900?profile=original"/></a>Wei Lah Poh sporting her hand fabricated necklace inspired by oysters, and marvelous tiara with custom made box (love it when the display is part of the piece). This powerhouse student was the lead in organizing the metals student show in the College St gallery. </p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028650?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028650?profile=original"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028863?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028863?profile=original"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>An upholstered piece will keep your guests sitting pretty and comfortable</em> (sewage pipes, chair, salt, water)</span></p>
<p>Great presentation of this chair waterfall with the rug and all, but who made it? No sign of the artist anywhere (literally)...</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030227?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030227?profile=original"/></a>Looking Forward! At Mission Bay Conference Center, time for a drink.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030394?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030394?profile=original"/></a><em>Chris Admunsen, Executive Director of ACC</em>. He was super accessible over the course of the conference, a genuine spirit. Had a lively chat with him Sat morning before the day started; his fresh perspective and willingness to listen and be open to the needs of the members has promise to invigorate ACC, and hopefully the craft field. Thumbs up to you, Chris!</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028314?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028314?profile=original"/></a>CCA metals student, Crista Reid, with her typewriter neckpiece. This girl has got it going on, I think we'll be seeing more from her soon: Crista got up to the mic on the last day during the closing remarks (in the midst of 300 people, which takes super guts) and commended the conference planners for giving us a fantastic conference, and providing students with the opportunity to attend it. Invigorating the next generation is key, I fully agree. Now is the time, strike while the iron is hot!</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026322?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026322?profile=original"/></a></p>
<p>Glenn Adamson, a craft & design historian and theorist, a craft Moby! To have dinner with him must be mind-blowing, his brain must be sparking all the time. The fact that I was wide awake during his presentation, in the semi-dark, at 9pm and ready for more at the end, is a testament to his presentation skillz. And lucky for us metalsmiths, he's speaking at SNAG Seattle next month!</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026537?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026537?profile=original"/></a>State of Wisconsin Seal</p>
<p>"Craft as a problem to be thought through again and again, always shaping other disciplines. Craft only exists in motion."</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028692?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028692?profile=original"/></a>Steve McQueen shoes, the heels harkening to historic woodcarving</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026970?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026970?profile=original"/></a>Outsourcing Indonesian carvers to make this life-sized garbage truck - is it active exploitation of workers, is the point to be upsetting? Best part was that the workers turned around and made mini trucks as their own business to sell as souvenirs!</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027073?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027073?profile=original"/></a>End result weaving from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.windrewindweave.com/exhibition.html">Anne Willson's Local Industry</a> </em>activism project. Bar code-like, isn't it?</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027560?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027560?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p>
<p>More stuffed animals! Mike Kelley's <em>More Love Hours That Can Ever Be Repaid</em> (stuffed fabric toys and afghans on canvas with dried corn; wax candles on wood and metal base).</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027899?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027899?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024"/></a></p>
<p>Tyree Guyton's <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.heidelberg.org/">Heidelberg Project</a></em> in Detriot, MI.</p>
<p>See the YouTube video on more of this public art activism:</p>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rJY4zR56Spw" height="390" width="480"></iframe>
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<p>"The thing about activism is that you have to keep doing it." True that, Glenn.</p>
No Boundaries -Manufractured Forward - Final Visual Impressions
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-08:2104389:Topic:219650
2011-04-08T08:45:10.583Z
emiko oye
http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/emikooye
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026915?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026915?profile=original" width="500"></img></a> <em><span class="font-size-1">Matchbook Heart detail, from Homeland Security series, by Michele Pred</span></em><br></br><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>"When we say, "No Boundaries" we mean it"</strong></span> is a great way to sum up the speaker lineup for the Craft Forward Conference. Not your average artist lecture series, to say the least. Neurobologist, Community…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026915?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058026915?profile=original"/></a><em><span class="font-size-1">Matchbook Heart detail, from Homeland Security series, by Michele Pred</span></em><br/><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>"When we say, "No Boundaries" we mean it"</strong></span> is a great way to sum up the speaker lineup for the Craft Forward Conference. Not your average artist lecture series, to say the least. Neurobologist, Community Activists, Spoken Word performer, Anthropologist, Cultural Planner, Architects, Fashion Designer, Theorist, just to label a few of the speakers. And each speaker had multiple "labels" and quite the impressive CV, it made your head spin. </p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029926?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029926?profile=original"/></a>
<span class="font-size-1"><em>Matchbook Heart from Homeland Security series, by Michele Pred</em></span></p>
<p>But zooming out at the big picture, thinking of the conference as a whole, doesn't it make sense to organize a conference where the speakers are offering different viewpoint to craft or perhaps a similar point from an unfamiliar angle? Why, some of the best presentations I've seen at recent conferences have been what at first glance seem to be the odd duck out, but in the end broaden my perspective of what I'm doing with craft.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030179?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030179?profile=original"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058024755?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058024755?profile=original"/></a><em><span class="font-size-1">Cling (binderclips wall installation) by Mitra Fabian</span></em></p>
<p>There's beauty in the collaborative thought process --especially when 400+ brains are sparking simultaneously in one room for two 8-hour days. So that during the breaks (yeay for catered lunches!) you're just bursting with the desire to have a dialogue with your neighbor while in line for coffee, snacks, or sandwiches. Share in the experience to have a Collective Knowledge, as Lydia Matthews summed up in the closing remarks.</p>
<p>What is Craft's function to us today, what are the important issues? A handful of themes kept resurfacing throughout the course of the weekend, strongest of which being the Social Capacity of Craft.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030290?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030290?profile=original"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027122?profile=original"></a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027122?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027122?profile=original"/></a>Fear Culture (installation of found,"dangerous" items confiscated by the TSA), by Michele Pred</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027422?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027422?profile=original"/></a>As conference co-chair, Deborah Valoma remarked, what this conference did was it "took craft away from the margins and put it central to the conversation". That the "strongest characteristic of craft is its unruliness" and we should "not try to define craft".</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058025127?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058025127?profile=original"/></a><span class="font-size-1"><em>Room for Recovery (tape, mixed media) by Mitra Fabian</em></span></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027636?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027636?profile=original"/></a><span class="font-size-1">Measuring Compliance installation (found yardsticks & school furniture, mixed media),</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1">by Harriete Estel Berman</span><br/>I must agree, trying to strap craft into a tidy definition is really pointless. However, regarding it as a vehicle for the multisensory body (we have 33 senses according to anthropologist David Howes), to give visability to social issues, and give rise to community, makes much more sense. </p>
Manufractured Forward Visuals, Part 2
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-05:2104389:Topic:218793
2011-04-05T20:36:57.239Z
emiko oye
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029316?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029316?profile=original" width="350"></img></a> The closing reception for Manufractured Forward was Friday at CCA's Oliver Art Center, most of the artists were present, and glad that we had the opportunity for the work to be seen by the 60 some people that were part of the ACC Convenings Discussions that day on campus. Here are more images of the show.…</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029316?profile=original"><img class="align-left" width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029316?profile=original"/></a>The closing reception for Manufractured Forward was Friday at CCA's Oliver Art Center, most of the artists were present, and glad that we had the opportunity for the work to be seen by the 60 some people that were part of the ACC Convenings Discussions that day on campus. Here are more images of the show.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029835?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029835?profile=original"/></a></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1">Mystery House, by Thomas Wold</span><br/><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029917?profile=original"></a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029917?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029917?profile=original"/></a>Talking with Thomas, I was curious if this new piece was inspired by Louise Nevelson's Dawns Wedding Feast as I was in my new Dawning II neckpiece. He wasn't in a direct way, but is a fan of her work as well. Got me thinking could be interesting to have a show with artists in different media, using Nevelson's work as an jumping off point...</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027012?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058027012?profile=original"/></a><span class="font-size-1">my new Dawning II neckpiece </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029998?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029998?profile=original"/></a>The Professor, by Andy Diaz Hope, Courtesy of Catherine Clark Gallery</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-1">Archival photographs, UV treated gel capsules, acrylic</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Easter is coming, and I must admit I have a nostaglic weakness for what these well-crafted capsules represent...<br/><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030317?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030317?profile=original"/></a> YUM! and yet they are so sinister at the same time. Just Say No, kids, right?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Speaking of drugs and the first of many stuffed animal images to occur over the course of the conference (really? yes, really), another of Andy's pieces, titled "Day", photographs placed in glass vials, and assembled in wood frame.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029933?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029933?profile=original"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029959?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029959?profile=original"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028880?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058028880?profile=original"/></a>Co-curator Mara Holt Skov with artists Laurel Roth and Andy Diaz Hope, and conference attendee Thet Shein Win (standing near Liz Hickok's photos)</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030253?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058030253?profile=original"/></a>The one moment of peace before the craziness of the weekend commences. </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">Harriete Estel Berman with her grass/gras'/ installation of recycled tin grass panels. Thomas Wold's work on the left, Laurel Roth's crocheted art on the wall behind.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029209?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029209?profile=original"/></a><span class="font-size-1">Born Again Virgin, by Laurel Roth. Pantyliner with embroidery, pearls, lace</span></span></p>
<p>You can almost imagine English ladies at teatime having this out on the table with the crumpets and scones.</p>
<p>Not so much with this one (below), unless of course the scones were scorched in the oven or the teapot dumps over...</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029798?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058029798?profile=original"/></a><span class="font-size-1">PMS Quilt, by Laurel Roth. hand embroidered and crocheted pantyliners.</span></p>
<p>Last of the images from Manufractured Forward coming up in Part 3.</p>
Manufractured Forward Visual Impressions
tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2011-04-02:2104389:Topic:218220
2011-04-02T07:40:42.668Z
emiko oye
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<p>Wednesday was the Artists' Reception for the <a href="http://craftforward.org/events/manufractured/" target="_blank">Manufractured Exhibition</a> at CCA, and I had the luxury of spending a quiet hour beforehand locked away inside the exhibition with my trusty Canon (and brand new killer lens!). Very excited to document this amazing show (and not just because my work is in it, mind you) and share it with fellow crafthausians. …<br></br></p>
<p>Wednesday was the Artists' Reception for the <a href="http://craftforward.org/events/manufractured/" target="_blank">Manufractured Exhibition</a> at CCA, and I had the luxury of spending a quiet hour beforehand locked away inside the exhibition with my trusty Canon (and brand new killer lens!). Very excited to document this amazing show (and not just because my work is in it, mind you) and share it with fellow crafthausians. <br/><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058018517?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058018517?profile=original"/></a> Here I am with my Museum Series ladies (2 of which are brand spankin' new just for this show!). As I posted earlier on Harriete's discussion about art openings/tips, <a target="_self" href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/craftforwardsymposiumaskharriete/forum/topics/introvert-in-my-heart">Introvert In My Heart</a>, it's important for jewelers to wear show stopper jewelry to their openings, and best if the work relates to that on display. While I forgot my nametag at home, at least my jewelry did the trick.</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058018399?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058018399?profile=original"/></a>Laurel Roth's mixed media <em>fast furious</em> explains exactly how I feel this week, amping up for Craft Forward, as if the racecar that is my life is going to shoot off into hyperspace like in Back to the Future. Not unlike someone else we know.....<br/><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058019118?profile=original"><img class="align-left" width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058019118?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/></a> </p>
<p>Yes, Harriete Estel Berman is also working round the clock with her <a target="_self" href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/craftforwardsymposiumaskharriete">Craft Forward Group</a> blogs (here she is before the reception, furiously typing notes about the show, which you can read about<a target="_self" href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/craftforwardsymposiumaskharriete/forum/topics/craft-forward-is-craft">here</a>. </p>
<p>What I love about this show is that is showcases LOCAL artists from multiple disciplines in craft, using alternative, yet familiar consumer materials. </p>
<p>Like Liz Hickock and her Jello city tableau's, represented through her large scale, candy-like photographs and Gel Wax cast models (see below)</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058019003?profile=original"><img class="align-center" width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058019003?profile=original"/></a>Oh the lovely Painted Ladies! Liz sells them at the SFMoma currently, and I couldn't resist getting one in blues and greens for my husband. Jiggly, jiggly. </p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058018395?profile=original"><img class="align-center" width="400" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1058018395?profile=RESIZE_480x480"/></a>A sneak peak at Thomas Wold's furniture collages, this image I love of his Nightlights series. If Amy Sedaris was watching Tron on TV, that's what it would look like. More on Thomas' work in my next post. STAY TUNED....</p>
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