micro/MACRO
Kent State University
Paige Koenig
MFA Candidate
Natural Growth, 2019
Wood, copper, paint, felt
“I make use of biomorphic forms derived from barnacles to explore elements of environment, society and closeness, perceived on a macro or micro scale. The barnacle has been made macro, and the environment Is rendered micro.”
Maria Camera Smith
MFA Candidate
Vicious Manipulated Landscape, 2019
Copper, enamel, foam, pigment, plastic, resin, steel, silver
“One leaves many objects behind after use, whether it be an item as fleeting as single-use plastic or one as intimate as a body. The landscape collects material remains within details that are large and small. The works I am producing are wearable objects to observe humankind’s relationship with its environment through contemporary and traditional metalsmithing techniques and materials.”
Andrew Kuebeck
Faculty
Silhouette Brooch #1, 2019
Fine silver
“Recently I have been interested in exploring the body as landscape. With my new work I am creating clusters of male silhouettes whose position in space confuses their location and relationship with one another. I am interested in how this confusion is even furthered with its placement on actual human figures, creating a new Micro/Macro relationship.”
Jody Vankeuren
MFA Candidate
Electroformed Remnants: Pod, 2019
Copper, cold porcelain, resin
“A fundamental element in micro and macro nature is repetition; microstructures within a cell resembles the way dried mud cracks. In this necklace I explore the idea of repetition in micro and macro nature by enlarging small botanical pod forms. When enlarged the recurrent patterns, composed of folds and granules, within the forms become more apparent and are highlighted.”
Christopher Jackson
BFA Candidate
Sporadic, 2019
Copper, glass
“Sporadic- This work revolves around the displacement of life and its relation to nature growing from it. The duality between life and death also reflects the idea of macro and micro by sharing how death is but a smaller part in the big picture of life as a whole. This also relates to how as the world evolves, so do the relationships (both big and small) between nature and itself.”