September 2011
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“…we all exist within our own “package” and can only know...”
– Emma Hardy
Sep 9th
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Paperwork in 3D: Emma Hardy, continued
Today I’d like to share one more post about Emma Hardy’s work at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Across from the Borneo Shipment installation is Packages, made from brown paper and packing tape. The inspiration for this particular work, came from the sudden loss of Emma’s mother. The installation itself is made up of five figures modeled from people in Emma’s community of...
Sep 9th
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“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a...”
– Bette Davis
Sep 8th
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Paperwork in 3D: Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy’s Borneo Shipment, is a whimsical installation that brings the viewer face-to-face with life-sized jungle animals surrounding a bright orange shipping container. The glass eyes give each animal a sense of depth and softness, as if the viewer is being introduced to a new friend, rather than a wild orangutang or leopard.
Sep 8th
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“Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she...”
– Goya
Sep 8th
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Paperwork in 3D: Sam Ita & Matthew Reinhart
In the Lighthouse Gallery at the Shelburne Museum there is currently work dedicated specifically to book arts. Among some of my favorites are Sam Ita and Matthew Reinhart. Their combined talent as paper engineers is phenomenal. One of my favorite portions of the show was the white model and sketch displays for selected pop-up books. Shown were beginning stages of Sam Ita’s book Frankenstein...
Sep 8th
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“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are...”
– Elizabeth Lawrence
Sep 6th
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Paperwork in 3D: Michael Velliquette
While I was on vacation in Vermont a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have made it to the Shelburne Museum for the show Paperwork in 3D. There were three different buildings completely dedicated to paper artists of all kinds. The first artist I want to share, in a series of posts from the Paperwork in 3D show, in Michael Velliquette. I have stumbled upon Michael’s work before, in books...
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