the iron gal

classic ashcraft inpsiration

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a most beautiful gift from vina

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now all i need is a coal burning one. prototype iron likes her new friend olga the iron

a little bit of summer

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what i have been up to lately.....
gardening and making an iron

ink on skin

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i have been away from this blog for a while, shame on me. heres my new tattoo - after seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.

tell me...

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what to iron. go ahead, you can do it.

lovely note...

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nothing like great friends! i found this lovely note from vina on my desk yesterday - what a great gal <3

irons on the wall

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how i surround myself at school...

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the way my space looks for now... it will look very different come june when we move into the new building!

new way of burning out the "holes"

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i am now using the detailer (thanks tom) to burn out the holes of each design on the irons. hand punching became too difficult as the iron designs have become more intricate. this method kinda reminds me of a tattoo gun...

burning the burnt

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detail of the detailers work

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the results are in

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the detailer - my newest friend

MIA - but back with something good!

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(rust, red paint the size of dust, red paint on the microscope, chris and the set up)

so i know i have been gone for a bit - mostly bc i have been working to open "." gallery and i curated a show that just opened last night there (and it was a huge success!) - http://pointinspacegallery.blogspot.com
i am also working with avt honor and the container space - http://containerspace.blogspot.com/ - to put on the first show in the container. as a part of that project i got together with chris ruck in the evpp dept and took these mircoscope photos!

seeing is forgetting...

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reconnecting :)

ironing outside the sculpture studio

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tools of my trade

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iron on iron stack

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" . "

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i have been doing a lot of work to help get "." gallery up and running. "." is an alternative gallery in fairfax, va. which was made to be a retail space but was never filled bc of economic issues. we are putting on shows - currently a show of work from the first annual sidewalk arts parade from gmu to "." and the next show will be in the month of april, which is a show i am curating of alumni work. i will try to keep the blog up to date with info about happens at "." - http://pointinspacegallery.blogspot.com/

Images from the Annual Winter Arts Sidewalk Parade

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this is the cart i rode in - sean watkins pushed me from mason to "." while i typed in this custom made cart. go team aesthetics!

Wood burns...

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the wood that goes under the canvas - my new ironing board. artifacts.

hamiltonian

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something i have been up to - applying for hamiltonian

where did shannon go?

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i know i have been mia lately. i was working on a 24 hour arts marathon and the annual winter arts sidewalk parade. i have also been working with sue wrbican to get a retail space up and running as a gallery space in fairfax! for more info check out - http://pointinspacegallery.blogspot.com/

new work to come soon :)

The calm before the storm...

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Ben: I really like the patterns on the different irons, they are very interesting
Me: Yeah I know, esp this one - its really violent
(and then the irons come crashing down on me)

Broken, but hopefully fixable

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injuries suffered

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hanging out and relaxing after the fall

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jacket - this should be on etsy soon

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from the show

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Photos from 1.20.09 :)

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Joe being sworn in!

Barrack being sworn in

Gallery 123

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Installtion for the Honors Show 2009 - Ironed canvas and Sewn irons on vellum with blog book

Sewing

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Sewing the irons together for the honors show.

Always burning...

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About to expose my binary text screen

Testing

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Testing out a blogger app for ye ole iphone

changes...

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i have decided to quit my job and figure out another source of income, most likely by doing odd jobs, etc. like most of us, i spend too much time going to a job that doesnt fulfill my soul - i need to make some changes. hopefully i can also get some grants/fellowships - those always help. this way i will have more time to focus on my art...

the clothes which will soon be silk screened

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some serious burning and smoking caught on film.... i love this iron

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burns from the new irons

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sketch on vintage hand drawn paper napkins

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found a box of these napkins at the thrift shop - they are both perfect for drawing and sewing. gonna test them on the singer.

new irons - i will be burning with these this weekend :)

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new threads for printing on and original shirts...

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the tshirts were a xmas gift from my mom - and the other clothes are goodwill purchases. these will all soon be printed on with the different theory designs. i am also going to use some of my old clothes which were almost on their way to goodwill.

new t-shirt designs - making the screens this week

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feminism, barthes, sonnabend

finally - scans of the 4x5 images

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i know, these dont look like 4x5 format. thats b/c i dont have a large format scanner - so heres half a taste of what the negs look like.

the irons are watching over daniel and yassine

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nice burns

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our high tech drying system

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after a hard days work...

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{typed} ironed canvas

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50's Iron - Front and Back

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Green Iron, Side View - Front, Back and Detail

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Orange Iron on Vellum - Front and Back

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Scattered Irons and Needle and Thread

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Iron standing up and Irons flying

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Transparency over sewn iron on vellum

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Ironed Me

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ironed me

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Ironed Canvas for Drawing

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Ironing out the canvas

Ironing board on canvas

Drawing in the ironing board and burning

Sewing on the Irons

My New Resume...

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The original file is made in Illustrator and then the irons are hand stamped on to each resume.

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Making the Binaries Screen...

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Washing away the emulsion...

The finished screen... Much thanks to Erwin for all his help!

the outline support is almost done

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American Democracy Abroad

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Alexandria, Va.

American Democracy Abroad...

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New York City

San Francisco

sketch of the tent

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The Ironing of My Prototype Shirt

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my work space at school

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prototype

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me wearing my prototype tshirt design. this is just an iron on, but i will be making the actual shirts using silkscreening.

t-shirts in theory...

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My work is concerned with how people interact and how that interaction can be effected by ones surroundings, particularly the ones I create. I am making shirts based on art and literary theories which I am designing a visual representation for and then silkscreening the images on shirts. The inside of the shirts will have a description of the theory that appears on the front.

This is my first design - on the theories of binaries. To me this is not about what comes before or after the slash but rather that the slash itself is the oppressor/decider. I made an iron-on tshirt design as my prototype and will be making these as silk screened t-shirts very soon.

tappinaway

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new tools new method...

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disfunctional tents

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my newest idea with the iron sheets is to make them into tents. each tent will only be large enough to fit a couple people laying on the ground in them. they will also be very mobile so that i can take them to many different locations. i hope that in making these tents i will create an environment to evoke conversation between the people in the tent. although i have an idea of how the conversations may go i am leaving it totally up to chance and the participants. the idea of starting conversation is a very important part of this piece for me.

there is also the possibility of a camping trip with the tents.

lots of holes to punch

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finally found a way to punch the holes that does not kill my hands by hammering a carving tool... this is gonna take a while.

idea of how the "sheet" of irons will look

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shadow effect

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detail

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after hole punching only ten pieces

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iron detail - click to see full size

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irons as mountains

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this is kind of a jump off idea to what i am going to start working on. i am going to be creating environments and alterations to existing environments while also photographing the ironed canvas to re-contextualize the irons by creating my own landscapes.

scan of small stack of irons

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Update

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What does the iron represent? For me it can be many different things. There is the obvious household women's object that people tend to think of. This is a given that people will think of women's issues when they see my work. This is interesting to me as I do not know too many people (women or men) who still iron their clothes regularly. Of course we do for special occasions, but no where near as many people still iron their clothes as they use to. At one point it was a woman's job to iron the clothes and taking care of the house. Although this is still the case for some women it is not the norm nor is it the main job that women do. But yet this idea of the past still reflects on the women of today. Why is this?

My work is about working with this idea and repurposing the iron so that it is seen in a different, perhaps and hopefully, a more beautiful way.

new irons and new burns

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Yearning - BRASH's Poem at Artomatic

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Burn Markings Left on Glass

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Burning

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View from Below

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Ironing

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Iron Video - In the studio

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Ironed Canvas at Artomatic

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Polaroid #1 - $20.00

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