make/mend/learn
Direct sand-carving. Cast at Sloss Furnace, Birmingham, Alabama
Cast Iron Sculpture, 21x11x4 inches
2022
Detail of Iron Lung.
mixed media - iron shells, silk cloth, plaster hand casts, crochet doily on plinth. OCAD U MFA, 2019
cast iron from a ceramic shell mould. OCAD U MFA work. 2019
Crochet piece
Large crochet piece in a bag (a place is commonly lives while being transported).
April 2020
Large scale crochet piece (unfinished) make of cotton yarn using single and double crochet.
April 2020
hand embroidered bra, placed on crochet piece.
March 2020
One piece from Getragen / Worn or Carried. Hand embroidered inherited items collect texts I have written, as well as ideas and questions I have when interacting with these physical items and memory.
hand embroidered bra (broken).
hand embroidered second-hand silk scarf. Getragen / Worn or Carried.
April 2020
This inherited scarf is embroidered with words from Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Herbsttag”.
Solid bronze hands (finished and unfinished) made in 2020 displayed in 2022.
Solid bronze hands created through a silicone cast.
March 2020
a work-in-process images from the foundry at 100 McCaul Street (OCAD University). Before the patina is applied, the piece must be cleaned (using the sand-blaster) and then polished.
February 2020
The wax cast created from the silicone mould, shown with the gating system attached and ready for the first dip in slurry and silica sand.
November 2019
A collection of hand-pressed porcelain rapid tests
Ceramic covid rapid tests, custom sleeve, screen printed dates, machine and hand quilted.
A second-hand WWII jacket embroidered with thread from Florence, Italy. This pieces embodies the stories imagined through family photos found at a market in Florence during my residency there in the summer of 2019.
November 2019
Florence Contemporary Show, Graduate Gallery. OCAD University
Detail of embroidery on jacket.
The booklet contains images and writing created during the residency in Florence, and a final reflection after the residency in fall 2019.
This is the final installation for the IAMD Florence Contemporary show at 205 Richmond Street West. The large scale images were created by scanning the original images, using a bitmap to distort them and are printed on lightweight bond paper. November 2019.
Initial installation for critique (featuring personal items that were placed into pockets). June 2019.
Critique installation of both published booklets (later combined into one for the final show) displayed for the critique. June 2019
This initial critique took place at the end of our residency in Florence, Italy. This piece features the original small photographs found in the market near the studio.
An installation view (shadow) of clothes placed on a clothesline as part of a midterm installation. The shadows created on the wall ended up being much more interesting than the textiles themselves.
November 2019
Foundry wax hands (to be cast in bronze) made from body-double silicone mould (of my hands). Crochet work and second-hand scarf. The key is cast in cast-iron.
November 2019
OCAD University
Detail and alternative layout for wax piece.
November 2019
OCAD University
Holding the cast-iron key (titled Key to a City) in the foundry at 100 McCaul Street.
November 2019
3D printed shells, scanned from a real shell and downloaded from Thingiverse. These colourful shells were scaled up and down to create contrast.
April 2019
A detailed view of Yellow Plastic Dreams from the exhibition She sells sea shells… held at OCAD University.
April 2019
Using wet clay, I created an impression into the clay with the 3D large scale scallop shell print. I brushed on the hot wax to get the details of the shell correct.
a large scale installation project using only single crochet and cotton yarn. This piece was made while commuting on a variety of transit modes and having conversations.
October 2018
This project encompasses all 3 iterations of web-art. Using multimedia approaches to using traditional and non-traditional materials for crocheting, creating sound and removal of intended purpose.
October 2018
This collaborative piece was created with my father who lives in Germany.
The materials were selected to see if they would react to the sounds being played.
The materials themselves have meaning and are part of the musical prompt: Time, Space, Distance and Relationship.
November 2018
Cape by Vanessa Krause (@artwithkrause)
Modeling by Joshua Lue Chee Kong (@moko_jumbie_josh) #joshualuecheekong
