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Lynn Batchelder
- Female
- Kalamazoo, MI
- United States
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Profile Information
- Where do you live ? City, State and Country
- Kalamazoo, MI
- Place of Work ? Example: Studio, College, Gallery, Museum, ...)
- my midwestern home
- I am a .... Example: Student, Maker, Educator, etc.
- i make drawings which then, out of thin air, become objects.
- Your website, DIRECT flickr or DIRECT facebook links where your work can be seen.
- http://www.bezhustudio.blogspot.com
- Describe your media/materials you work with
- silver, copper, enamel, leather, thread, non-things
i like the idea of making something that is nothing in particular. everyone sees something in everything-- in a shape, in a line, in a color-- it is our way of identifying or making sense of what we see. thus, non-things - they could be something, but guess what, they aren't.
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Posted by Brigitte Martin on May 17, 2012 at 8:38am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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Where: The Steamplant. Salida, CO
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Dear Lynn,
We are processing your Cu29 application to send on to our juror, but noticed that the PDF is unreadable. We have tried to open it on multiple computers. Please re-send the information (contact info, entry info) to: snag2012exhibitions@gmail.com as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Charity Hall
SNAG 2012 Exhibitions Committee
Hi...Lynn
Very nice work.. I am looking forward to seeing you at the SNAG 2011 ^^
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I will be at SNAG this year. The University of Illinois will have a booth again this year in the Connections Room. It's always a good time for me to catch up with my former students. There are ten of us going from the U of I. I was in Philly two weeks ago for the NICHE Awards ceremony...I was asked to present the awards in the Jewelry category. Two of my MFA candidates won NICHE Awards this year and they were excited. I had some time to see some exhibitions and check out the staircase of the Philadelphia Art Museum...I'm wearing one of my pieces in Jewelry in Motion during the conference. I think the presenters have to catwalk that staircase. Should be fun. I hope I don't trip!
Billie
I can sympathize with what you are going through at the moment. I have eight metal undergraduates who are working on BFA thesis work at the moment. Good luck on your work and your exhibition. Your work is of a higher caliber than most undergraduate work. What would you like to do after you graduate? Are you attending the SNAG conference in May?
Billie
Your work is fantastic! Are you an undergrad or grad at Western Michigan?
Billie
To answer your question: yes, you are right about the wood. I also use a lot of mixed media materials and altered found objects, and then cover it all with liberal coatings of thick paint. I was trained as a metalsmith and learned a lot from all the instruction on how to work so precisely, so I know those influences still show up, somehow.
;-)
emanuela
I would love to go to michigan for the show.
Can you tell me what the show is about? is it a BFA show? are you in the show?
I would love to go! let me know!!
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