Black Women & Blow Outs
The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe, ‘Coltrane’ (1974)
Studio time music inspiration….
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, ‘The Liberation Song (Red, Black and Green)’ (1975)
Studio time music inspiration….
Spin to Win
Today I need a little Wonder Woman transformation to keep going…
Jute Erosion Control Cloth
Loews and Home Depot are my favorite art supply stores.
Jute Erosion Control Cloth is a tough, natural, biodegradable geotextile used to stabilize slopes and control soil erosion.
It is also the latest art supply I am mocking up a few ideas to experiment with…
Inspired By: a Fur-Lined Teacup
I was recently asked if Meret Oppenheim’s fur-lined teacup, inspired Blackty Black Blanket.
According to the MOMA, Object was inspired by a conversation between Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, and photographer Dora Maar at a Paris café. Admiring Oppenheim’s fur-trimmed bracelets, Picasso remarked that one could cover just about anything with fur. “Even this cup and saucer,” Oppenheim replied.
Blackty Black Blanket came about by completely by happenstance. I tossed a partially finished zip tie blanket onto the white chaise in my studio and turned around to work on the computer. Later when i got up to leave the room and saw the blanket draped on the chaise, I did a double take and knew the Chaise and blanket belonged together.
I lost a comfortable place in my studio to lounge but gained a subtle yet powerful way to communicate how discomforting microaggressions feel.
Inspired by…
… biomorphic surrealism from Gregory Ojakpe
Do You See It?
The weaving on the left is a work in progress. The photo on the right is the view from my tree house in St. Croix.
Inspired by…
…the “lace of light” from Iris van Herpen. Her inspiration is drawn from the ongoing hybridization of nature and technology.
I just want to know how she builds structure seemingly out of thin air.