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"COMPLETED BY NATURE" January 21, 2003 - March 21, 2003 |
Curated by: KOAN-JEFF BAYSA Curatorial Statement Bio Personal Web Site |
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| JOSEPH E. TRUMPEY Artwork Bio Statement Personal Web Site Personal Web Site |
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"Myrmecological Literacy" 2003 Herbarium study sheets, Mounted leaves 3 at 15x20 1 at 7x15 |
Using farming leaf cutter ants as a metaphor for human society, the ants cross the interspecies gap by communicating with letter forms made from their harvested leaves. |
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SALLY RESNIK ROCKRIVER Artwork Bio Statement Personal Web Site |
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"Geochemical Formations" 2003 |
Salt Vapor Spheres: (VIDEO) Ceramic salts are trapped into molten glass and the heated salts release a gas. The salt gas pressure blows bubble. The resulting form is a spherical object with exploded salt pellets encapsulated in the interior. |
Processes: Crystalline Glaze Paintings and Photographic details: Zinc silicate crystals are formed at 2000 Fahrenheit on an undulating sheet of clay. Cooling this ceramic glaze very slowly allows it to develop complex crystalline surfaces. The clay sculpture directs the flow of the glaze and utilizes gravity to influence the final concentration and growth pattern. The glaze paintings capture the moment in which a liquid transforms into a solid. Identical to geode formation in nature, various chemical compositions crystallize at different temperatures, creating "growth rings" with the highest temperature crystal in the center of the ring |
| Huong Ngo Artwork Bio Statement Personal Web Site |
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"Moss Bulbs" 2003 Moss, light bulbs, light fixture. 18" x 3" x 5" |
Resembling miniature vignettes of English countryside, small patches of moss live in each light bulb. After only a few days, the moss begins to grow along with occasional plants and stowaway insects. A light inside of each bulb turns on whenever a passer-by approaches, effecting the completion of each tiny world. |
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