Committee members: Cass, Robin; Pincus, Peter; Shellenbarger, Jane
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-84417-6
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.F.A.
Discipline of degree
Ceramics
Body granting the degree
Rochester Institute of Technology
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2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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I am currently exploring ways to express the spiritual essence of the space between life and death afterlife. As an artist I have always been interested in nature and animals, however birds have an intense personal connection to me. Of personal interest is the common childhood hobby of folding paper into abstract and stylized forms. This inspiration for the work comes from traditional origami, a technique I will modify through ceramic sculpture. Some of my previous works are also related to origami. I used plaster slabs to make models and molds. I find that the stylization of folding paper in that work has influenced the way I perceive and render clay, my current investigation. In continuation of that research, I will use plaster as a material to create sheets, models, molds, and perhaps finished Objects.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fine arts
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Subject Term
Communication and the arts;Ceramics;Death afterlife;Dilemma;Sculpture;Shadow;Texture