My current artwork is inspired by Lindsay W. I felt very sympathetic to her current situation because I am contemplating leaving my current teaching situation as well. Due to the stresses of my district, I was inspired to make art that is meditative–like Lindsay W. states. The past week, I have been doing art that achieves that state of mind for me. It has been very helpful, and I think it will be what saves me this year. Currently, I am taking an analytic approach to my own studio work and just working with very systematic, material approaches. I was researching some artist for one of my students projects, and I found the artist Maud Vantour. I fell in love with her paper sculptures, and I have been pursuing this approach to create my own forms of meditation as well as to represent meditation. I took the idea of paper sculpture, and Islamic/Mughal designs to create designs. I hope to eventually layer the papers as heavily as Maud does.
Melissa– cut paper has become an increasingly popular art form
check out the artists who were in this exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design:
http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse¤trecord=1&page=seealso&profile=exhibitions&searchdesc=Past%20Exhibitions…&searchstring=Past/,/greater%20than/,/0/,/false/,/true&sessionid=B76FFC98-6425-4F6E-842F-610DFE3AF356&action=searchrequest