UM Unconventional Materials
National Academy School Classes 2013-2014
Jennifer Brickman – 4 Monika Camillucci – 6 Shu Chen Lee - 8 Shaun Chung – 9 Osmeli Delgado – 10 Pat Grant – 12 Eri Honda – 14 Malgosia Malinowska - 16 Kenichi Nakajima - 18 Esther Rosa - 20 Jos Stumpe - 22 Poramit Thantapalit - 24 Teresa Waterman - 26
www.unconventionalmaterials.com Cover image, Jos Stumpe, Untitled, plaster and ink
UNCONVENTIONAL MATERIALS: SCULPTURE NADIA MARTINEZ
Why be conventional? Visualize and produce sculpture of different scales using a mix of unconventional and unusual materials for both creating and bounding. The course focuses on design principles, repetition, contrast, rhythm, balance, and movement.
At the National Academy School
www.nadiamartinez.com
Above: Finger Toothbrush, 2013, Silicone, cosmetic foundation, plastic
Jennifer Brickman “I love to create realistic and fantastical creations making use of the materials I have around me. I am fascinated with transforming the ordinary into something it is not. Manipulating everyday objects and stretching their abilities to create something new. Usually with recognizable qualities but with a mythological twist.�
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Above: Due, Copper wire and metal. Opposite: Twister, 2014, wire and glass
Monika Camillucci “My work is informed primarily by my strong relationship with nature. Whether working from direct observation or abstracting from memory and imagination, my interest is not in realistic rendering, but in conveying some quintessential quality or truth about my subject. Using wood, metal, stone, paint, ink and found objects, I look for that special element, that will best support the image, the idea, the certain kind of feeling motivating me.� www.monikacamillucci.com 6
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Twister, 2014, wire and glass
999 Roses, 2014, fabric and tread
Shu Chen Lee Shu Chen worked on a project called 999 Roses, inspired by a Chinese poem, they were made out of fabric. 8
Movable Type Cube, 2013, clear ruby cube and stamp
Shaun Chung “I believe everything has its own beauty. I believe in art and design. I love art and design. An empty bowl is full of energy because it can be filled up with anything. What is in your bowl?!� http://shaun.bopomofo.org.tw/
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Native Love, 2014 Clay and rope
Osmeli Delgado “As a sculptor and an architect, it is very important for me to express my ideas threedimensionally, and in my process I allow the colors and the materials to define the unique personality and nuance of the piece that will later be experienced by viewers in a very individual way.� www.osmeli.com
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Toy, 2014, Rubber cords
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Bamboo, 2014, Paper Straws
Pat Grant “Immersion in art transports me to new places and brings me a sense of peace. I attempt to do the same for the viewer by using everyday materials in surprising ways to create fresh, inventive, engaging, contemplative mixed media artwork.� www.patgrantlitowitz.com
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13 Untitled, 2013, Aluminum foil and paint
Character from the film One day's afternoon, 2014
Eri Honda Eri has created a whole new universes with her dolls, they’ll be going around New York telling a history, until they arrive back home. http://ericco.mods.jp/ 14
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Malgosia Malinowska “I raise above keep falling down... I am a Babylon slave lying on blue glazed tiles, a basic woman, devoting her body for pleasure, depended on man's desire. He comes and goes like a Persian cat. An animal, full of urge, lost in need to poses. He is perfect in touch but unreachable by heart, a savage, aggressive, true to his nature. I worship the king of Susa and Teheran, the paramount of my fantasy, The King, a stranger from Iran. Ahura Mazda spreads his wings above me, engraved by the name constant on my lips. He looks down at me and that’s when I feel the heat of middle eastern sun, it warms up my sex. My arms open up welcoming this destructive power, but my mind keep whispering Rumi's words of love. Day and night it consumes my recollection of time. Naked, lying down, nobody more but a slave. I raise above keep falling in lust, the passion is my only escape, In desire and despair I await.” 16 www.malgosiamalinowska.com
Persian Dress, 2013, photo by Bill Cunningham
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Feet Project No.2, 2014, Cardboard, making tape, paint
Kenichi Nakajima “The purpose of this project is Research in the relation between 'Art and People' or 'Art and Life'. I want to discover possibility in relation between Art and People and Art and ordinary place. The work change it's expressions with each places. The work begin to walk when I put them into daily life. People's responses are marvel, laugh, joy, talk to me, take a photo, etc. I was glad to see their responses. And I felled many possibility with relation between Art and People and Art and ordinary place.� www.kenichinakajima.com 18
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Feet Project No.2, 2014, Cardboard, making tape, paint
Healing, 2014, Encaustic over wood panel
Esther Rosa “My work suggests a dialogue about cultural mix, my experiences, my personality, my past in Madrid and my present in New York. � www.estherrosa.com
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Drops of Water, 2014, wax and balloons
Domes.ti.City, 2014 , Earthen ware domes
Jos Stumpe “I am exploring materials, like metal and concrete, glass and steel, to create sculptures which express my fascination with the interaction between man and nature. The continuous cycle of construction and destruction, of interventions disturbing equilibrium. Trying to combine the dichotomies or contrasts of life into one image: construction & deconstruction, balance & unbalance, natural & artificial, complete & incomplete, growth & collapse.� www.josstumpe.com 22
Keep Me Balanced, 2014, Metal, concrete and feather
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Above: Circuit Maze, 2013, recycled circuit boards chicken wire and clothing hanger wire
Poramit Thantapalit Poramit has been exploring the concept of puzzles to build his sculptures, made out of recycled everyday objects such as plastic containers, cardboard, paper mache, reclaimed wood, computer parts and foam.. Most pieces are made of multiple pieces for functional display. They can be interlocked and connected to form the entire sculpture. They can hang on the wall, be free standing on a table or floor or floating as kinetic mobile. http://pixibition.weebly.com/ 24
Net-Work, 2014, plastic containers and wire
Left: Untitled, 2014, Wire and weeds and plaster. Right: Untitled, 2014, Wood, wire and weeds
Teresa Waterman “Hidden in plain sight, my work is a conceptual point of departure for accidental beauty. Drawing from nature's elements without vanity, twigs, roots, fallen leaves melting snow, and atmospheres, small differences magnify in my mind into delicate simplicities.� www.teresawaterman.com
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Untitled, Wood, paint, wire and weeds
Louise Manzon, Summer 2013, beans and nylon string
Naji Abdellah, Remixing the Ordinary, 2014
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Karen Bedrosian-Richardson, Summer 2013 Glasses, safety pins, paper towel, neck brace, pacifiers, spoons, screws.
UNCONVENTIONAL MATERIALS With Nadia Martinez
Sculpture Studio , NA
National Academy School www.natioanalacademy.org
www.unconventionalmaterials.com