OVERDUE
Professional Concerns Art Students
3rd Floor Gallery Hamersly Library
Spring 2007

 

Ellie Toombs

When I was four years old I stripped naked and drew orange and black stripes all over my body. I crawled over
to my mom and told her I was a tiger. Thinking back, I realize now more than ever, that my odd but creative tiger idea was a product of the way my brain works, and I am able to use that creativity as an artist.

I believe that many things in our world, simple and everyday objects that we take for granted, have beauty seeping out of them. I observe my environment: people, objects, buildings and landscapes. Sometimes the simplest images of things inspire me, and I allow myself to imagine how I could use what I observe in a different way. Sometimes I become inspired from one thing I see, and later I re-work that idea and come up with something completely different.

The Other Me Tulip Day and Tulip Night Untitled
The Other Me,
canvas

Tulips Day,
and
Tulips Night,
oil on canvas
Untitled,
ceramic

Untitled

 Mold II Kelp Study
Untitled,
ceramic
Mold II,
ceramic
Kelp Study,
ceramic, rubber, wax
Enough Said Curlers Self Portrait

 Enough Said (detail)
ceramic, wood, copper wire

 
Curlers,
oil on canvas
Self Portrait,
oil on canvas

Column  
Column, (detail)
ceramic
 
There are endless ways to create art. Throughout my life I would like to investigate new mediums to better convey my message, thoughts, or feelings. At this point I have been learning the many ways I can work with clay. I have learned that working in ceramics allows many options, and many ways to work through a problem to create something. As much as I enjoy using and working with clay I equally have learned to respect and find beauty in the process of ceramics. Creating something in clay has many steps. For me the process of getting to my final outcome is as important to me as the actual piece.

Since being naked with stripes all over me, I have matured, studied art concepts and put them to use. After four years of being in school, I am now beginning to compile and refine my own ideas of art. In the future I look forward to elaborating on my ideas and always continue learning new ways to create art.

-Ellie Toombs

 

Molly Druliner
Altered Book
 Operation Thread
Decal and On Your Dinner Plate
Altered Book,
paper
 Operation Thread,
book
Decal,and
On Your Dinner Plate,
ceramic
Profile Gettysburg Address Waterfall
Profile,
plaster, plaster, & wax
Gettysburg Address,
paper
Waterfall,
ceramic
I am here
 Family Tree
Protection
I am here,
paper
Family Tree,
and
Monmouth Tile,
ceramic
Protection,
ceramic


Matchbook  
Matchbook,
paper

THE WORK

 

Most recently I have been interested in the act of cataloging. I have been exploring how objects and ideas can be organized. In organized societies we are immersed in organizational systems. These systems are second nature and generally go unnoticed. By revealing structured systems, interesting relationships can be made. I believe in finding extraordinary in the ordinary.

THE PROCESS

Collect.
i collect objects which inspire me.

Record.
freewriting is a daily occurrence for me.
i freewrite about my collected objects.

Sort.
sorting objectively has made me a stronger designer. we limit ourselves by what we know. objective response helps break the barriers we create for ourselves.

Catalogue.
based on a structure or specific set of rules i arrange objects. ridged structure reveals interesting connections.

-Molly Druliner

Photos of the Exhibit


Art Students Exhibit 1

Art Students Exhibit 2

Art Students Exhibit 3
Art Students Exhibit 4
Art Students Exhibit 5
 Art Students Exhibit 6

 

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