Category Archives: Sharon De La Cruz

Alina Balean, Antonius Wiriadjaja, Danqing Wang, Gladys Chan, Kelly Saxton, Kina Smith, Making Pop-Up Books and Paper Engineering, Projects, Rucha Patwardhan, Sam Ita, Sharon De La Cruz, Talking Fabrics, Uttam Grandhi

Talking Fabrics, Popping Paper

Kelly Saxton, Gladys Chan, Uttam Grandhi, Danqing Wang, Rucha Patwardhan, Sharon De La Cruz, Kina Smith, Alina Balean

Talking Fabrics, Popping Paper is a group showcase from students working beyond the craft tradition, using paper and fabrics in curious ways to tell their stories.

Description

Talking Fabrics, Popping Paper is a sample of work from students who took Talking Fabrics and/or Paper Pop-ups this semester. The display will be three shelves: one shelf of white mockups from pop-ups, one shelf of full color final projects from pop-ups, and one shelf of smaller works from Talking Fabrics. Ideally these shelves are located in a corner, and are wall mounted for a gallery-style presentation, but a mobile shelf unit is possible. The pop-up books that can be handled will be low enough for people to browse through them. Currently nine different students have offered work, and works are fairly small, so each shelf would be approximately 36″ long x 12″ deep. Paper works shown will include a model of the Burj Kalifa, instructions on how to get an elephant into a refrigerator, a short tale about the tuna fishing industry, and a pop-up glowing fungus lamp, among others. The soft lab based work will include hand-spun wool work, a ball gown for a water balloon, and a couture hood made from fabric printed in traditional African patterns, among other things. Works will be curated and installed by Kelly Saxton.

Classes

Making Pop-Up Books and Paper Engineering, Talking Fabrics

Alejandro Puentes Amezquita, Allen Yu, Caroline Sinders, Chinazo Rena Anakwe, Clio Davis, Comics, Devin Curry, Elyssa Dole, Joelle Fleurantin, Marcelo Esteban Espinoza Bravo, Projects, Sharang Biswas, Sharon De La Cruz, Tracy White

Selections from Comics

Clio Davis, Sharang Biswas, Chinazo Rena Anakwe, Devin Curry, Sharon De La Cruz, Allen Yu, Elyssa Dole, Joelle Fleurantin, Marcelo Esteban Espinoza Bravo, Alejandro Puentes Amezquita, Caroline Sinders

A diverse collection of works created by students with wildly different styles in this spring's Comics class.

Description

This exhibition of works produced in Tracy White’s Comics class features pieces created by students using a wide range of artistic and storytelling techniques. Over seven weeks students explored different approaches to telling stories using pictures and words, and by the end each completed several short comics in their own unique styles that they had honed during the course. The collection gathered for the showcase contains everything from epic wars fought both on the battlefield and within the minds of soul-wracked characters, journeys into the underworld, as well as into the depths of the supermarket, and tales of betrayal, suspense, and children befriending monsters through the power of candy. Some of the works were drawn by hand using pen and paper while others were created with tablets and Photoshop. The students submitting works are from ITP, the Game Center, Steinhardt, and Stern and include Sharon De La Cruz, Devin Curry, Sharang Biswas, Marcelo Bravo, Elyssa Dole, Rena Anakwe, Alejandro Puentes, Clio Davis, Joelle Fleurantin, Allen Yu, and Caroline Sinders. Comics will be displayed as posters, some in black and white and others in color.

Classes

Comics