Momentum Tulsa opens a week from tomorrow. I'm going to Tulsa this weekend to begin putting my installation together (the most exciting part!). Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and Invisible Arts put together this great preview video on the Spotlight artists for this year's Momentum Tulsa exhibition. It overviews my project, as well as the other two Spotlight Artists and the work they are creating for the show. After watching this, I'm even more excited about seeing their projects in completion than I was already! Check it out..
Saprobia || Juglans Nigra
This is a preview of the black walnut phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa. These forms will be incorporated into a larger installation for the exhibit.
Materials: yarn dyed with ground black walnut hulls, walnuts
Saprobia || Taxodium Distichum
This is a preview of the baldcypress phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa. These forms will be incorporated into a larger installation for the exhibit.
Materials: yarn dyed with baldcypress leaves, baldcypress bark, decaying wood
Saprobia || Juniperus Virginiana
This is a preview of the eastern red cedar phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa. These forms will be incorporated into a larger installation for the exhibit.
Materials: yarn dyed with eastern red cedar heartwood, eastern red cedar needles and bark
Saprobia || Maclura Pomifera
This is a preview of the osage orange phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa. These forms will be incorporated into a larger installation for the exhibit.
Materials: yarn dyed with osage orange root extract, osage orange leaves
Saprobia || Celtis Occidentalis
This is a preview of the hackberry phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa. These forms will be incorporated into a larger installation for the exhibit.
Materials: plant fiber yarn, nipple galls harvested from hackberry leaves
Saprobia || Pinus taeda
This is a preview of another phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa. These forms will be incorporated into a larger installation for the exhibit.
Materials: loblolly pine needles
Saprobia || Populus deltoides
Populus deltoides refers to eastern cottonwood, from which materials for these pieces were harvested. This is a preview of another phase of my Momentum Tulsa installation, entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa.
Materials: cottonwood seed, cottonwood leaves, thread
Saprobia || Gleditsia triacanthos
A glimpse at "Gleditsia triacanthos" (honeylocust), one phase of my Momentum Spotlight installation entitled "Saprobia". You can read more about Saprobia here and here.
Momentum Tulsa opens on October 12th at Living Arts in Downtown Tulsa.
Materials: Leaflets and thorns of honeylocust
Momentum Tulsa Spotlight Artist
I've been hinting around enough, but haven't actually officially announced my recent big news... Earlier this summer I submitted a proposal and was selected to be one of three Spotlight Artists for the Momentum Tulsa exhibition that will open in October! This is a huge honor and I am so thankful to Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and the curators, Emily Kern and Krystle Brewer, for this amazing opportunity!
You will find out more about my project, an installation entitled "Saprobia", as the weeks go on. I plan to continue posting workspace snippets and progress photos. This project has already pushed me to try out new techniques and media that I have not worked with before, which has been both enlightening and inspiring.
I'm excited to share more about my installation, the individual pieces that will be a part of it, and the greater concept that it embodies. For now, here are a couple of images from recent stages.
