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By cwampole Posted on July 16, 2014June 26, 2018

From the archives: an old storage attempt

My recent task has been to decide how to display these paper dolls.  Months ago, I tried making an altered art history book into a popup display for paper dolls. … Continue reading From the archives: an old storage attempt

Categories: StudioTags: appropriation, boxes, craft, DIY, paper dolls
By cwampole Posted on July 4, 2014June 26, 2018

Incorporating criticism

I mentioned some of the feedback I received from the first critique of term in this post.  The task during the week following was to use those suggestions and criticisms. … Continue reading Incorporating criticism

Categories: StudioTags: appropriation, craft, critique, interactive art, painting, paper dolls, studio
By cwampole Posted on March 24, 2014March 24, 2014

DIY digression: bookmaking

One of the purposes of this blog is to sort through and prioritize intriguing notions and sources.  I have an ongoing fascination with investigating how things work.  (Hint:  that’s a … Continue reading DIY digression: bookmaking

Categories: ResearchTags: craft, DIY, paper, paper engineering, wax, wax seals
By cwampole Posted on March 24, 2014March 24, 2014

DIY digression: letterpress

The Firecracker Press sold me on the sheer excellence of letterpress art.  If you’re ever in St. Louis, check them out for good design, poetry readings, edible printed tortillas, and … Continue reading DIY digression: letterpress

Categories: ResearchTags: craft, DIY, letterpress, paper, printmaking
By cwampole Posted on December 23, 2013January 21, 2014

Four months of work

Correspondence art:  and a scrap/accordion book to document it          1) Proust’s madeleines 2) Honkers 3) pictures of the pink/purple seal (designed with feedback from mail art #1) … Continue reading Four months of work

Categories: Research, StudioTags: art history, correspondence art, craft, hinged polyptych, hinges, interactive art, mail art, polyptych, printmaking, yoshimoto cube
By cwampole Posted on November 14, 2013November 14, 2013

Some buzz (about mail art #4)

The fourth round of mail art went out this afternoon.

Categories: StudioTags: craft, illustration, mail art, paper, printmaking
By cwampole Posted on November 3, 2013November 7, 2013

What (besides the obvious) do you gain from copying?

…and by you, I mean me. What have I gained from copying?  Here is a preliminary list of pedagogical incentives to be derivative.  There is copying, and then there is … Continue reading What (besides the obvious) do you gain from copying?

Categories: ResearchTags: appropriation, art history, copying, craft, painting, realism, trompe l'oeil
By cwampole Posted on October 9, 2013December 12, 2018

Yoshimoto cubes, part 3

My previous art cubes used appropriation to present opposing two-dimensional views of womanhood in religious art history. This time that same self-transformation has a much larger scale.  (Each of the … Continue reading Yoshimoto cubes, part 3

Categories: StudioTags: art history, boxes, craft, hinges, paper engineering, polyptych, studio, yoshimoto cube
By cwampole Posted on September 17, 2013December 12, 2018

Yoshimoto cubes part 1

The component pieces look like nothing more than croutons. When hinged together, each cluster of similarly sized wood cubes looks like this. I’m trying to decide which size is best. … Continue reading Yoshimoto cubes part 1

Categories: StudioTags: boxes, craft, hinged polyptych, hinges, interactive art, yoshimoto cube

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