Work has begun on a three installation exhibition which sources handkerchiefs, taming the wild, the Salton Sea, and Marie Antoinette opening 19 November at El Camino College Art Gallery.
Alison Casson’s The Last Tear
Jessica Newman-Skrentny’s Handkerchief for Cry Me a River
Special thanks to Joey Grana for lending me 739 handkerchiefs from his collection.
white cotton with stains and handsewn shapes
burgundy cotton with handsewn elements and white discoloration
cotton folk dress from around the world
silk Japanese woman in kimono with brown stains and lipstick
(A metaphoric hi-five with a big exhalation)
After spending two days constructing two plaster molds and one week letting them dry, I poured slip in them today. What a relief, my rough, wonky molds yielded results. (Especially, encouraging as I can proceed with the other bones and don’t have to hire a professional mold maker at $250 per mold.)
Fifty-one Artists Participate in Cry Me a River
Kim Abeles, Rheim Alkadhi, Katrina Alexy, Claudia Alvarez, Abbie Bagley-Young, Sunny Buick, Alison Casson, Suzanne Coady, Shannon Collins, Susan Crawford, Hope Dector, Anne Devine, Irana Douer, Rebecca Ebeling, Beth Elliott, Christina Empedocles, Elisabet Ericson, Carol Es, Georgina Fineman, Betsy Lohrer Hall, Christine Hawthorn, Peregrine Honig, Lindsay Jessee, Denise Johnson, Marnia Johnston, Mary Kilvert, Mung Lar Lam, Miriam Libicki, Hilary Lorenz, Allison Manch, Susanna Meiers, Merry-Beth Noble, Saelee Oh, Susie Oh, Naoke Okabe, Ahndraya Parlato, Martha Rich, Lisa Romero, Charlene Roth, Isabel Samaras, Colleen Sanders, Yong Sin, Jessica Newman Skretny, Lisa Solomon, Syl Tapetentiere, Michele Theberge, Deborah Thomas, Rebecca Trawick, Sarah Wagner, Megan Whitmarsh, and Kate Williamson
(Left to Right: Handkerchief – Cry Me a River; Memoirs of Marie Antoinette – 280; Barnacles – Heart Follows Bird)
(Top Right to Left: Activity; Workspace with cats)
(Bottom Right to Left: Activity, more Activity, continuation of Activity)
special thanks to Ian Lynam for his typographical expertise: when asked what was a common 18th century typeface used in France he immediately replied Renard and emailed it
(Left to Right: Growth, Activity, Workspace)
