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Next Generation?

October 7, 2006 at 9:01 am | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Jennifer Jenkins, MFA Savannah College of Art & Design. Solution #4 (with detail), 2005; China silk backed with cotton batting, India ink; serigraphy, machine embroidery; 36″ x 72″.

The FiberArts Student Showcase issue just came out.
FiberArts Student Showcase
Our November/December 2006 issue features our second annual showcase of student work in fiber. The showcase illustrates the broad variety of what is being created in colleges and universities today. Based on refinement, consistency, and presentation quality, we selected twenty artists to represent today’s high-quality, innovative students.

Comments or discussion about the work? What does this collection of work suggest in terms of a point of view? Innovation?

We should look at other calls for work from publications such as Surface (Avant Guardian) and Metropolis and also work being shown at conferences and elsewhere to broaden the discussion.

Craft Liberation Front is a project that was started in 2002 by JuliaRose Loffredo. It is intended for emerging American Craftsmen.

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I am most drawn to Aaron McIntosh’s installation and Jenine Haard’s book on the Fiberarts website. I believe it is the simplicity of color pallete and form that attracts me the most, and they seem to express an ease of process manipulation without going overboard with complex form and color. I get so tired of looking at complex color and overdoing of mark making, so that your eyes get tired of looking at the piece. If complexity is not a part of the concept, I feel like a work can feel over done, and I loose interest quickly. I would love to know how others think about the fine line between simplicity and complexity. Any comments?

Comment by akeck — October 18, 2006 #