Kyle Hackett--Aluminum Sketchbook

Kyle Hackett
Aluminum Sketchbook
10"x6"x1"

I started by creating and referencing, a cast aluminum sketchbook that I created. I then used these “aluminum sketches” to create various prints with different color variations. In my final drawing, I reference the prints all well as the aluminum sketchbook. I am very interested in how the history of a material can create meaning. I reverse the roles and create 2-dimensional objects in forms of sketches on a 3-dimensional sculpture however the sculpture produces a 2-dimensional print and final drawing. The actual drawing is considered “final” however is initial identity (the aluminum sketchbook) is metal, something that can last forever. I treat identity as a journey and as being defined by and affected by the amalgamation of experiences something undergoes upon a specific journey.

Chris Keiper

Glass Wave

glass, steel and spring clamps

7' x 10' x 5'

Philip Montigney

Tubular. 5'x7'x7'.  Steel, PVC pipe, caulking, paint.  Wood 2x4 and planks on casters.

Philip Montigney

Great-E-Nuf, 7'x5'x7'1.  Wood laminate with wood planks.  Sand

Maggie Gilligan

Sandy Swyka

Sir William and His Amazing Mustache of Steel
steel and wood construction
28" in height
I made him for the mustache.

Kevin Bielicki

Coral Reef

2009

wood w/ granite base

24" x 5"

Sarah Freitag

Sarah Freitag
Armor
Steel
2010

I worked on this piece to play with the soft qualities associated with the female figure in contrast with the dangerous, sharp pieces of the metal used. Each piece of metal was individually cut then they were welded together. I finished this piece by lighting it on fire to give it the burnt dark color. The stereotype of woman is to be dainty, but this is not always true. This piece is the attempt to show the female figure in a different way.

Maggie Gilligan Sculpture Project One

Kyle Hackett - Saint Obama

Saint Obama
17"x 20"x 3.5"
Oil on Canvas and Constructed Frame


I use an age old tradition of oil painting in an attempt to create a marriage between the classic and the ideas of what contemporary art should be. I suggest that contemporary ideas can have the same integrity and can exist in the same realm as the classic. Highly influenced by Early Byzantine Art, as well as Albrect Durer's Self-Portrait from the 16th century, I reference religious iconography such as depictions of Christ. I juxtapose the contemporary icon of Barrack Obama in a position of both presidential and spiritual power. However the icon is surrounded by weapons to perhaps suggest the connections between religion power and conflict.

Sandy Swyka

Study of Emotion
10" x 12" x 18"
steel, glass, earth, greenery, rocks

Kevin Bielicki

Palm

2010

Concrete, Epoxy Resin, Wood, and Steel

3' x 3' x 8.5'

Lauren Vottero

Lauren Vottero

"Photo Overload"

2010

Hand-built wood frame, Photography, Mass Media images, Pins

30" x 40" x 6"

Lauren Vottero

"Rings of Life"

2010

Muslin, Embroidery thread

9 ft in diameter

Lauren Vottero

"My 5 year old Helicopter"

2010

Wire, Contact paper, Acrylic paint

5 1/2' x 3'

In The Wind

In The Wind
Steel, Aluminum and Fabric
6' x 2'

Lines and Shadows

Lines and Shadows

Steel

2' x 2'

Koopa Shell

Koopa Shell

Cast Aluminum and Wood

15" x 11"

Book Shelf

Book Shelf

Books, Plywood, Nails

3' x 1' x 5'