One of the photos I transferred of me and my dad. That's me in the backpack.
Several weeks ago, in my surface design class, we were asked to create a "container".I chose to create a study on DNA as they "contain" the blueprints of us!
To illustrate the DNA, I painstakingly crafted the 23 pairs of chromosomes (glass beads on wire) into somewhat of a karyotype layout.
I photo transferred several family photos onto silk using various techniques, and then
tucked questions and anecdotal comments into the pockets that the photos were sewn onto.
One of the interesting turns my project took, was the evening I showed it to a dear friend who is also an artist. She gave me some feedback and then we called her husband to come check it out. Being a physician, he asked me a few questions for clarification and then kindly and but decidedly, asked if I'd like to borrow one of his first year biology texts. It seemed that my chromosome construction, while visually quite lovely, was not so accurate. I accepted the advice and the textbook.
I really enjoyed doing this project, and would like to revisit the subject sometime in the future. During the working on it, I was taken with the intricate design going on in us, that we rarely consider. yeah...billions of miracles going on beneath the surface of our skin, and in each cell of our skin. Yep.
2 comments:
I am amazed at the work you are doing - I would be dumbfounded - you are in your element my dear.
yeah, i really feel that way too.
i'm pretty thankful on a daily basis.
y'know, our studio is directly above the theatre studio and so we often hear them breaking into their musical numbers and doing their wacky warm ups. i enjoy taking in RENT or whatever comes through town, but boy do I ever NOT have THAT in me.
i'm not that great with my bank account either...maybe we could do a trade sometime...you can make a budget for me and i can weave you a rug or something! :)
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