Elise Winters on Feb 27 2009 | Filed under: 1999, Embellishment, Malinow
Wendy Wallin Malinow, Badigeon Beetle, 1999,
11″h x 8″w x .75″d
polymer, telephone wire, pearl
Most of us who have marched through the long history of art began that rich journey in exactly the same place: Ancient Egypt. Some of us focused on monumental objects like the pyramids and the Sphinx. Others took delight in the intricate and [...]
Elise Winters on Jan 23 2009 | Filed under: 1998, 1999, Zimmerman
Rebecca Mazur (aka Zimmerman), Sandbag Teapot, 1998, 9″h x 8″w x 5″d
Has there lived a child in the last fifty years who hasn’t found pleasure singing and acting out the lyrics to “I’m a little teapot, short and stout/ Here is my handle, here is my spout”? Maybe that explains why we find artists of [...]
Elise Winters on Jan 16 2009 | Filed under: 1999, Bishel, Translucent Liquid Sculpey
Jody Bishel, Dios 1999, 8″ high
In the late 1990’s Jody Bishel created a series of vessels based on botanical imagery. Jody recently sent me this image of her favorite vessel. She called this piece DIOS after watching the Japanese anime series Shojo Kakume Utena.
Jody explained her title this way:
“The character of Dios was the ideal [...]