DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/XPJ2-5G93
Defense Date
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Craft/Material Studies
First Advisor
A. Blair Clemo
Second Advisor
Susan Ganch
Third Advisor
Jack L. Wax
Abstract
when objects converge in a space
they start a dialogue of their lives
lives that become entangled with your life
your memory
objects are the narrators of memory
a stain, a chip, a tear
materials embed meaning and metaphor within the process of creating
woven cloth, throwing lines, squeezed and pressed coils
all become remnants of the hand
as I make, play, and collect materials and objects
questions are brought forward
How do these components talk to one other?
What are they saying?
How do I listen?
knowledge is generated in the transformation of material through the process of
making with my hands.
a call and response
a conversation
an attentive listener / / an intuitive maker
I seek to excavate spaces and analyze my findings
in hope of contemplation and examination
a moment where my art becomes artifact
where the unfamiliar appears familiar
connecting materials and objects that have anchored our human experience
to ask the unanswerable questions of human existence
to love
to grieve
to grasp onto memories
to let go
to admire fate
to mourn
to grow
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-12-2021