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Leanne Harger May 26, 2018 I am from southern Mississippi where crawfish boils are sacred. I do not even remember a time without crawfish during the summer. When creating this piece, I had no clue where to begin. We happened to go camping and that is when inspiration struck! While eating crawfish, I looked down at those creepy, little beady eyes and that is when I knew exactly what to create. I wanted what I created to be funny and I wanted something that I was sure would bring a smile to the face of the person viewing it. Too often, as artists, we take ourselves way to seriously. It is good to take a break from the serious and have a little fun with our art. With fun, summer, and my roots in mind, I set out to create my miniature environment. I used materials that I easily found around camp. I used sticks, dirt, water, dried twigs, some tin foil from a wrapper on the ground, and the heads of two crawfish. I positioned the crawfish to look as if they were sharing a sun reflector to catch some 'rays' together in a muddy, southern 'hot tub.' I hope you find the end result as fun and silly as I intended it to be when I created it!
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For my midterm project for my Experiments in Installations class, I have been working on crosses wrapped in twine. While wrapping one of the crosses, I decided I wanted to see what it would look like if I crocheted it. I really liked it so I continued playing with various materials. So far I have used some super thick yarn, some frizzy yarn, the twine, and I am currently using some embroidery string. I would like to have a piece large enough to cover a whole wall. I am picturing it in the room on post that my Bible study meets in. I would like to put it up before they enter the room. I would like to document their reactions. I found some really interesting and amazing artists while researching my idea of redefining a space with crochet. I almost feel underwhelmed by my idea after viewing some of these works. I feel that with the time allotted that covering a wall in 'granny squares' is pretty ambitious though. They take time. They take A LOT of time.
My favorite of the artists I researched was Louisa Magrics. She is my spirit animal. I am 100% serious when I say she is AMAZING!!! Her work is insane! If you have ever crocheted then you know how much time, money, and effort goes into creating a crocheted work. I am truly inspired by her! This is a link to one of her videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq5IdCSkDXs I have to create an installation piece that is no larger than 2ft X 2ft. Here is my brainstorming for this future work....
-Family Life -Struggle to maintain my artist identity -Use air dry clay/make air dry clay/this way I can easily make objects -Use my son's sandbox to create an installation piece with the sand -Military life -3D map of our moves since 2011 -Miracle of life -My relationship with God *I think I am leaning towards either 'military life' or 'my relationship with God.' I think both would be extremely meaningful and are both dear to my heart. God is of course first in my life and I lean towards that as my subject over the rest. I just am not sure how to show it yet. |
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