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'Wearable Expressions'- An exhibition with a difference
24 Mar '08
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This year's exhibition includes 250 fiber and jewelry creations from a total of 166 artists. They represent 30 states and 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, New Zealand, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom. In all, 53 of the artists are from outside the United States.
Their work includes many traditional materials, such as silk, cotton, wool, precious metals, beads and gemstones, embellished in dramatic and often unorthodox ways.
Even more drama and creativity is shown in the more unconventional materials used, including sea sponges, currency, food wrappers, silk-wrapped stainless steel, romance novel covers, syringes, used motor oil, chili peppers, crayon shavings, plywood, live plants, salmon skin, newspaper, computer components, latex tourniquets, automobile tires and a rubber goldfish. Popular techniques this year include felting and digital printing.
This year for the first time, the selection committee, which completed its work via the internet, was as international as the entrants. Jurors for the fiber competition were Glenys Mann of Australia, a fiber artist, teacher and writer; Sunita Patterson of the United States, editor of FiberArts magazine,and Beatrijs Sterk of Germany, publisher of Textile Forum magazine and founder of the European Textile Network.
Jewelry jurors were Arline Fisch of the United States, professor emeritus, San Diego State University; Charles Lewton-Brain of Canada, distinguished fellow of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, and Rebecca Brown-Thompson of New Zealand, bead artist and author.
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Their work includes many traditional materials, such as silk, cotton, wool, precious metals, beads and gemstones, embellished in dramatic and often unorthodox ways.
Even more drama and creativity is shown in the more unconventional materials used, including sea sponges, currency, food wrappers, silk-wrapped stainless steel, romance novel covers, syringes, used motor oil, chili peppers, crayon shavings, plywood, live plants, salmon skin, newspaper, computer components, latex tourniquets, automobile tires and a rubber goldfish. Popular techniques this year include felting and digital printing.
This year for the first time, the selection committee, which completed its work via the internet, was as international as the entrants. Jurors for the fiber competition were Glenys Mann of Australia, a fiber artist, teacher and writer; Sunita Patterson of the United States, editor of FiberArts magazine,and Beatrijs Sterk of Germany, publisher of Textile Forum magazine and founder of the European Textile Network.
Jewelry jurors were Arline Fisch of the United States, professor emeritus, San Diego State University; Charles Lewton-Brain of Canada, distinguished fellow of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, and Rebecca Brown-Thompson of New Zealand, bead artist and author.
Click here to view pictures:
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