Studio craft and the production of the heirloom

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Stacy Bloom Rexrode (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Sheryl Oring

Abstract: This paper explores the concept of the heirloom through attachments to objects, imagery and processes. I incorporate traditional methods of craft such as crochet and ceramics, as well as materials such as silk flowers, plastic plates, and plastic recyclables to emphasize this topic. My use of a variety of media calls for an examination of the perception of materials, meaning and the hierarchies of value often associated with them. Throughout my exploration of materials I often enlist the use of the flower as metaphor. The works that I produced for the 2014 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, on view April 26 through June 1, 2014, support the proposals put forth in this document.

Additional Information

Publication
Thesis
Language: English
Date: 2014
Keywords
Craft, Delft, Feminism, Flower, Heirloom, Recycle
Subjects
Handicraft $x Psychological aspects
Heirlooms $x Psychological aspects
Flowers in art
Metaphor in art

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