micro/MACRO
Earlham College
Annika Hermke
BA Candidate
Pollution, 2019
Copper, powder coat, elastic, plastic bag
“This project symbolizes the macro effects that minuscule pollution particles have on the world and on our bodies. The dust mask is our only shield for preventing health problems to our own body, but the world is unshielded and more and more pollution particles will cover the globe.”
Brookes Jarvi-Beamer
BA Candidate
She’s Over There, 2019
Clay, sterling silver, wood
“This necklace was made as a physical representation of pronoun dysphoria. She’s Over There is carved into clay around the wearer’s neck. As the heavy chains weigh the wearer down as they go about their day, the constructs that society asks us to abide by, also weigh the wearer down. Cracked, the sentence loses its meaning and significance after it is said, but the wearer still must carry it with them.”
Max Meier
BA Candidate
Higher Resolution, 2020
Campo Del Cielo Meteorite, railroad anchor steel, 80crv2 steel, bronze, copper, enamel, brass, Brazillian walnut
“While making this piece, I found the blending of the roughness of forging with the precision of cloisonne, and the artistic object with utilitarian one, made me consider the way perception can be changed by the lens you look through. I decided to emphasize this further, by playing with the way that patterns imply continuation beyond their physical bounds. The patterning on the medallions I cut out of the blade, and the ones I filled the voids with don’t match in the slightest, yet as a whole it appears to imply a coherent pattern to the eye. My instinct is to say that this was deceptive, but really that depends on the resolution you choose to see it at.”
Melis Agabigum
Faculty
When Inspirations Were Far and Few, 2019
Copper, nugold, steel, enamel, powder coat
“Loop on loop. Wire against wire. Each compounded motion of my hands surmounts to a larger physical manifestation. When I lack inspiration, I let my hands take over to serendipitously do what they need to do, to bring me back to a place of discovery.”
Kinsey Emerson
BA Candidate
If they die, we die, 2019
Copper, enamel, patina
“This necklace is based on how neonicotinoid pesticides are killing bees. The molecular structure used is that of a substance called ‘imidacloprid’ which is one of those pesticides. The honey of the bees turns to blood as the death of them will cause the death of us.”
Charley Drew-Wolak
BA Candidate
Ajna, 2019
Steel, silver