Joy Johnson

Ties That Bind - The Sisterhood. Wood and mixed media. 27 x 7 x 6 inches. 20111

Ties That Bind-The Sisterhood symbolizes the strength a woman gathers from the love and support of the sisterhood.

Robin M Jordan

I am bound by my aging body, as my future and past grow closer together. Unlike the human body, steel through patination—becomes more beautiful as it ages. Words also change over time as language develops. The dichotomy of the perceived toughness of the steel and the ephemerality of language is at the core of my word sculptures. MakeMe is a simple, strong command. This sculpted command is compressed, pushed together as if outside forces have attempted to bind the words, and the viewer is a witness to their survival.

Joanna Kidd

Letters. Video. 2 minutes. 2012

My most recent work deals with perception and interpersonal communication. The goal is to create visual representations of inner emotional states with work that provokes an immediate emotional response. I am interested in the limits created by verbal communication, and the way that we become bound and reduced to the words that we use to describe ourselves and each other.