Heidi Cramer, William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Scholar 2013, Porter Endowment Scholarship ART+ 2013, Deans Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2013, Irwin Project Grant 2012.
I am intrigued by the dramatic changes beings are capable of undergoing, both physically and mentally. Moths, for example, are able to dramatically transform their bodies and I am fascinated by what is happening inside of the cocoon, where the viewer cannot see. I am attracted to words like “epiphany” and “enlightenment,” moments of transformation within the mind, moments that we can never see or touch. I aim to represent this transition from one state of being to the next with sculptural forms. Like a flower opening, I feel there is an outward and upward motion in the transition of becoming one thing from another, and my sculptures are inspired by this organic process. To represent the moment of change, I manipulate the material and attempt to transform how it is received by the audience. By changing soft lace into a stiff form or making shopping bags into a substance that can be molded and sewn, I can employ these materials to build intimate spaces that encourage participants to manifest the moment of transformation within themselves.
www.heidicramer.com
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Dmitri Zurita, William Hyde
and Susan Benteen Irwin Scholar 2013, Porter
Endowment Scholarship ART+ 2013, UCIRA Open Classroom Grant 2012, Eduardo Carrillo Memorial Scholarship 2012.
UCSC Graduate 2013
I have always been interested in perspectives—the ways each of us perceive the world, and how it shapes our reality. I stand between two countries, crossing back and forth amongst nations, existing somewhere in-between, incessantly prying open the gap between evidence and truth, image and reality, one perspective or context and another. My work offers viewers a set of questions that require them to peel back, enter into, decode, expose or perceive another reality, another way of seeing. My work is formally tight, I deliberate each action thoroughly, allowing room for chance and ambiguity, understanding my process as gesture and performance, as a form of processing and responding to contemporaneity.
www.dmitrizurita.com
I have always been interested in perspectives—the ways each of us perceive the world, and how it shapes our reality. I stand between two countries, crossing back and forth amongst nations, existing somewhere in-between, incessantly prying open the gap between evidence and truth, image and reality, one perspective or context and another. My work offers viewers a set of questions that require them to peel back, enter into, decode, expose or perceive another reality, another way of seeing. My work is formally tight, I deliberate each action thoroughly, allowing room for chance and ambiguity, understanding my process as gesture and performance, as a form of processing and responding to contemporaneity.
www.dmitrizurita.com
Ayla Thurmond, Steelgrass Sculpture Residency, 2012
UCSC Graduate Ayla Thurmond received the Steelgrass Farms Bamboo Sculpture Residency for 2012.
Artists at any stage of their career are invited to apply for this residency taking place August 11-26th at Steelgrass Farms in Kauai. You must furnish your own round trip travel to Kauai, but once there room, board, on-island transport and a professional photographer will be provided to document both the construction process and the completed works. Freshly-harvested bamboo is provided for creating an outdoor sculpture of your own design on one of various sites throughout the property. As this is a hands on project, basic mastery of tools is needed. The challenge with bamboo is joinery; traditional techniques include mating notched cuts, pre-drilled through-fasteners, and wrapping with natural lashings. For more information visit their website http://www.steelgrass.org/sculpture.html.
For my proposal I described the geometric cube weaving I planned to create. it consisted of three geometric cube frames 5 ft, 3 ft and 1 ft squared that rested inside each other. On each of the planes created by the squares I would weave an overlapping mathematical pattern. I have previously created a similar piece with metal and fishing line and look forward to trying the process on new materials.
I participated in the first class on Grants and Residencies here at UCSC created by my friends and co-art students Heidi Cramer and Dmitri Zurita. It was really awesome and inspiring to see my fellow students taking the initiative to start something new that would benefit not only our class but future art students as well. This class opened up a lot of doors, new possibilities and provided opportunities and direction for emerging artists. I am so excited about the residency I received, it is a great opportunity to connect with other artist and create new work in a beautiful and inspiring place.
For more information and images of my work friend me on facebook under Ayla Fox.
Artists at any stage of their career are invited to apply for this residency taking place August 11-26th at Steelgrass Farms in Kauai. You must furnish your own round trip travel to Kauai, but once there room, board, on-island transport and a professional photographer will be provided to document both the construction process and the completed works. Freshly-harvested bamboo is provided for creating an outdoor sculpture of your own design on one of various sites throughout the property. As this is a hands on project, basic mastery of tools is needed. The challenge with bamboo is joinery; traditional techniques include mating notched cuts, pre-drilled through-fasteners, and wrapping with natural lashings. For more information visit their website http://www.steelgrass.org/sculpture.html.
For my proposal I described the geometric cube weaving I planned to create. it consisted of three geometric cube frames 5 ft, 3 ft and 1 ft squared that rested inside each other. On each of the planes created by the squares I would weave an overlapping mathematical pattern. I have previously created a similar piece with metal and fishing line and look forward to trying the process on new materials.
I participated in the first class on Grants and Residencies here at UCSC created by my friends and co-art students Heidi Cramer and Dmitri Zurita. It was really awesome and inspiring to see my fellow students taking the initiative to start something new that would benefit not only our class but future art students as well. This class opened up a lot of doors, new possibilities and provided opportunities and direction for emerging artists. I am so excited about the residency I received, it is a great opportunity to connect with other artist and create new work in a beautiful and inspiring place.
For more information and images of my work friend me on facebook under Ayla Fox.