tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66200416759181992382024-03-13T14:12:45.402-07:00Kerri EngelderKerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-38670530185023552552012-11-18T15:51:00.001-08:002012-11-18T15:54:23.597-08:00Dragonflies and Bonfires<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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stayed there for most of the night, staring at the light-bulb.<br />
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<br />Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-86427213405547518432012-11-13T18:17:00.002-08:002012-11-13T23:34:38.908-08:00LINO LISCIOUSAs I've said time and time again, I really suck at this blog thing. Regardless, I'd like to show you some of the work that I've been doing recently.<br />
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I am back in California (sigh)... But I've been doing a lot of printmaking.<br />
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Bugs. Self-portraits. People with flowers growing out of their heads.<br />
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Anyhoo. I bet you're thinking; shut-up already and give me the photos! Reading hurts my brain!<br />
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BY THE WAY: http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html SO COOL.<br />
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So Terrible photos. I'll Try and get some better ones up. All of these are lino-cuts. The middle one is a lino-cut reduction.... really interesting and cool technique. Makes me want to throw a chair across the room when I am not in the mood to be patient... but that's okay. <br />
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Lots of love.Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-29739742731965474672012-09-13T22:51:00.001-07:002012-09-13T22:51:11.429-07:00As promised... Here are some better photos of the Sculpture. I walked it all the way across Bologna!<br />
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<br />Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-34406604886028010802012-09-13T14:00:00.001-07:002012-09-13T14:00:18.080-07:00The Paper Sculture with LegsSo usually I am a flat paper kind of gal. I do really well with graphic sort of designs... thinking of space inside a frame. My second year at university I took a course on sculpture. I wasn't so excited at the beginning, but after a bit I realized that I could challenge myself and use materials I loved but in a three dimensional way.<br />
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The first sculpture was a combination of the delicacy of tissue (sewing patterns) and how light/people affected the sculpture. I wanted the sculpture to move and undulate when people came into the room. I wanted to art to interact with the viewers.<br />
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I took these shots at night. The really interesting part of the sculpture is the translucent quality it has when sunlight is shining through it. The cut-outs cast interesting shadows and the layered paper lets light through at different levels. So, I'll be putting up some more pictures in a few days. <br />
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A quick note about the legs: To get it to the studio in Bologna, I had to put it on my head and walk it through the streets. It was weird. But hey, I'm weird too. <br />
<br />Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-34355414390386056032012-03-13T08:45:00.000-07:002012-09-11T15:49:41.148-07:00I can kind-of smell the spring in the air...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-53185861922390474992012-02-09T13:02:00.000-08:002012-02-09T13:02:39.378-08:00Some more prints...I have been pretty wrapped up lately in my own Italian world... I love the Accademia and the freedom with which I can work. No assignments. No class hours. No deadlines. Just open studio time. And it turns out, this sort of organization works really well for me. These are my fourth and fifth prints... and I am so pleased. I love the process so much. Today I spent 7+ hours (straight) in the studio... and I turned these two prints into acquatinta prints (so that there are greyscale values). So much detail work. One is 4-tone and the other 3-tone. I didn't even realize I was hungry/tired until I walked out of the door of the studio... and then I stumbled to the nearest cafe' for an espresso... But I think that is how you can tell you really love something, when you are so wrapped up it it that hours pass like minutes and you forget to feed yourself. ;)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Okay... So this is the finished project. Well... Finished for now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oil paints, 50x45 (ish)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Here is some perspective for those of you bad with dimensions... </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>That's my kitchen table in the background, and it is leaning against our TV...</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>So big. But so fun! Oh. And that's the picture I worked off... don't tell my Dad I put this on here...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Wish me luck! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">... and this is my little child... Well. Not so little. 40X50. Yeah.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NOTE: This is a crappy photobooth shot = a mirror image. I'll take one with a "real" camera soon! Promise!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is probably the more appropriate response for the moment. SO MUCH TIME IN THE STUDIO. Gahah. And SO HUNGRY. Also. As you can tell I am not done yet. Forty minutes prior to me writing this (and many hours since I took this photo) I caught the last bus back from school with only an earlobe to finish. Woo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PS: Chuck Close inspired. He's a cool guy. Look him up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Thank you kindly... and don't worry... I'll have some more interesting things to post soon! I've just been slightly preoccupied with painting overly pink still lives for my painting class (UGH).Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-80341406172465585082011-04-07T22:30:00.000-07:002011-04-07T22:30:31.103-07:00The Paper Dress.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Right. Well Here is my paper dress. I have to say that I am<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... It's been fake spring here. And I've been snapping some pictures of the sunshine ...! I have finals this week... so alas no updates! I'll have a full update in a couple days... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I get to turn in my final project tomorrow...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes. That is a dress made out of sewing patterns. Yes, it is wearable. Yes, I am going to wear it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So... that's what I've been up to!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-43009865853277778282011-02-24T18:11:00.000-08:002011-03-13T13:08:41.302-07:00More Photos (and Sewing Patterns)So here are some more photos that I have churned out recently. I'm still working on my first roll of film, so really I need to go out and shoot another one!<br />
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The first is an original sketch I did. First in pencil, then I xeroxed it, and penned in some of the fine details.<br />
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The second is a xerox transfer (http://www.apogeephoto.com/jan2007/sromero12007.shtml) For those of you interested in how it works. Lacquer Thinner is a little crazy, I've found that "green" lacquer thinner works better (in the hardware store it is labeled as the "green" alternative to Lacquer thinner). In either case, it gives you a killer headache, but the results are beautiful. Very ethereal and ghostly. (If you want to experiment, any acetone lying around your house should work just fine. Be careful around flames though!)<br />
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PS: If you have access to a printing press, you don't have to tape the whole thing down, etc etc. Just sandwich the image between two sheet of overhead projector sheets, when you run it through the press. Otherwise, the rest of the process is the same: just paint a whole bunch of lacquer thinner onto the back of your xerox copy, sandwich, and run through press. Voila!<br />
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Does anyone have any interesting transfer processes to share with me? Always looking for something new to experiment with. Cheers!Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-17765286793570007262011-02-15T18:30:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:59:22.567-08:00Valentines Day (a day late)Happy Late Valentines Day! I know a lot of people grumble about this holiday. I know, I know, corporations trying to put a price on love, yada yada. But I think it's all about how you celebrate it. It certainly is not up my alley to pine for some pink teddy bear that was made in china for ten cents. But I think it is a good exercise for us to stop, and think about who we love. Not just romantic relationships, <i>all</i> relationships. And boy, do I love a lot of people.<br />
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</div><div>These are a sampling of some Valentines I made this year. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Oh, and here is a sketch I did today for a paper-cut book I am in the process of churning out...</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The words at the top say "My love is too big for you, my love" which is from the song "Sort Of" by Ingrid Micahelson. Still working out the kinks with the lettering. Probably will figure it out, once I get to cutting.</div><div><br />
</div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-26160024953780165642011-02-08T22:12:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:59:49.349-08:00Just a little Preview...This is what I spend my time doing these days...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, I've never done photography before. I have always used a digital (and a point-and-shoot at that....) but I've always had a sort of fascination with the whole dark room process. I also love that the photos are there, in your hand, instead of on the computer. (A little ironic in this setting...) So. Here are my first two prints! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am using a old Cannon IE.</div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-27012165974403947992011-01-30T14:21:00.001-08:002011-01-30T14:22:29.621-08:00Boats. 2009.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGYNfmofQS8/TUXkMoyEUdI/AAAAAAAAABA/oXvRlM5oV3k/s1600/Hong+Kong+Boat+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGYNfmofQS8/TUXkMoyEUdI/AAAAAAAAABA/oXvRlM5oV3k/s320/Hong+Kong+Boat+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGYNfmofQS8/TUXkQ_jiBTI/AAAAAAAAABE/KDKDYDaxXEQ/s1600/Beached+Boat+GOOD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGYNfmofQS8/TUXkQ_jiBTI/AAAAAAAAABE/KDKDYDaxXEQ/s320/Beached+Boat+GOOD.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620041675918199238.post-75314597718921285732011-01-26T23:43:00.000-08:002011-01-29T14:46:23.081-08:00The First Post EVER.Hello. I guess I should welcome you to my blog. I've never done anything like this before, but I hope that you (whoever YOU are) enjoy what I have to share.<br />
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So. For a starter, I'll give you an introduction to my artwork. Most of these were done three years ago.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS: Special thanks to my Trader Joe's Cashier last week who told me I should do this. I hope you see this someday!</div>Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406589527284616298noreply@blogger.com2