Lindsey Murray Art and Design

 Personal Project March 24 Broccoli Cheese Soup Jacket Quilted fabric, thrifted pillow cases, thread size 8/10 Artist's Statement: This piece is called Broccoli Cheese Soup Jacket, which is a personal project based on a personal past. When I was young, my we had a quilted blanket that was yellow, blue, and green flowers. I remember not thinking it was the most attractive blanket, but to me, it resembled my favorite soup-- (broccoli cheese soup). The blanket was a part of our house for years and was featured in the forts we would build in the room that my sister and I shared, and we would use it to make "human tortillas", where one of us would wrap the other in the blanket as tightly as possible. My great aunt owned a sewing shop, and made my family hand-made gifts. One of them was the broccoli cheese soup blanket.  In my last semester of college, I found myself particularly sentimental about my childhood. When I found a fabric at the store that looked just like my broccol...

 Fiber Experiments Fiber Experiment #1 Tufting Fiber Experiment #2 Couching Fiber Experiment #3 Crochet Fiber Experiment #4 Wool drawing

Dye Experiments  Dye Experiment #1 Natural Dye Indigo    Dye Experiment #2 Natural Dye Logwood and Indigo  Dye Experiment #3 Natural Dye Logwood and Indigo

Surface Pattern Design Feb 13 Pattern Detail In-Progress Research   Research #1 (Liz Magor) Liz Magor is an artists who makes uncanny casts of regular objects, such as fabrics, coats, and boxes. Since I was searching for textile artists, I did not understand at first that these pieces were not ordinary plaid textile designs, but they are casts of fabric. I find it interesting how Liz chose the particular patterns in trying to create something that looks "ordinary"... is plaid the most ordinary pattern? Research #2 (Joiri Minaya ) Joiri Minaya is a New York-based artist. from the Dominican Republic who is hyper fixed on patterns, and the labor that goes on behind them. Minaya finds it interesting that women are often the ones creating patterns. Minaya also finds "patterns" in the way that women pose, particularly on vacation, and uses such images in her work. I love pattern design and hadn't considered these things about patterns before. I don't think I could...

 Foam and Plaster Sculpture Lindsey Murray           The concepts that I drew out for my foam sculpture began with a very different look than the one that it ended up with. The original sketches looked like they could be the base for a modern lamp. They looked very organic and droopy, with so much negative space that they seemed to defy gravity. I knew in the moment of sketching, however, that the final result might look nothing like my sketches. That being said, I decided the process with the general shape in mind, and knowing that I wanted to focus on organic shapes. This sculpture became something I am satisfied with, though it differs  from my original sketches. I used intuitive decision-making as the process unfolded, and I now have a better understanding of the materials. I think that, in general, it is a good thing to be able to create the art in your sketches, especially when creating for someone else. However, there is also are in ch...

  Rhythm Paper, wood, masking tape, glue Asymmetry Balsa wood, metal pins, yarn, white ink Texture Shaped wood glue, black ink, paper, string, thread, wood