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Essentially, Huff’s use of the mixture of found objects in
an almost borderline "collage" type combination creates an engaging composition for the viewer. There are resting spaces for the viewers eye, as well as an enchanting area full of detail. Huff integrates his architectural background and forms with a subdued and calming "fragmented" collage.
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For this exhibition, Gilmore states that he tells a story of "the history and the future." Three prints of a manhole onto paper allude to the story of the process of industrialization. These "prints" carry a "silent beauty," being the paper is white and the embossed print of the manhole being not fully rendered on the paper, the viewer is provided with a sense of what once "was," "can be" and "will be." It is almost as if the embossing is a suggestion.
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For this project, I shifted the scale of a Master lock. I
incorporated the corrugation of the cardboard for an interesting texture.
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The hair industry is exactly what it claims to be: an industry, a business. Its goal is
essentially to sell, make money. Hair, like a lot of other products in the world
is naturally made and grown by humans- literally. African Americans are the main consumers in
the hair industry. Coincidentally, African Americans have the most diverse and
manipulative hair type out of all ethnic groups.
With this piece, I stuffed two pieces of fabric with
different type of hair: synthetic, braided, and human hair. I sewed the two
stuffed pieces shut; the separate pieces now resemble “bundles,” unprocessed, “virgin”
hair ready to be used as extensions and placed on the head.
In terms of line itself, I was inspired by African Americans’
hair being able to be a line that takes on the shape of other shapes (coils,
corkscrews, O’s, Z’s, etc) despite it naturally being a line (when pulled). I wanted to show how African Americans and the hair industry are intertwined tightly, knotted and sewn together, much like our durability and strength in all we've accomplished.
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I work in a warehouse for a Brazilian leggings company. I work here everyday. I am in here everyday. I feel like I'm here more than I am home and although I am not pleased with the actuality, it's become second nature.
The setting is much like the real world; a college students metaphorical "dive," so to speak.Watching, observing, reacting when the time is right. Everyone in this office speaks a different language as their first. Therefore, English is barely spoken in the office itself. Portuguese is the primary tongue. Not understanding what is happening around you, trusting your instincts to do what the right thing. Being less experienced than those around you.
Today I've found that I have started to make out actual sentences and that the language is no longer incoherent babble. I'm a listener and I don't say much unless asked. I do my work, help others, then go home. This repeats everyday. Every week, every month.
This is the same for the "real world."
A haiku:
I constantly think,
One day I will be boss.
"Ashley, please help me."
The setting is much like the real world; a college students metaphorical "dive," so to speak.Watching, observing, reacting when the time is right. Everyone in this office speaks a different language as their first. Therefore, English is barely spoken in the office itself. Portuguese is the primary tongue. Not understanding what is happening around you, trusting your instincts to do what the right thing. Being less experienced than those around you.
Today I've found that I have started to make out actual sentences and that the language is no longer incoherent babble. I'm a listener and I don't say much unless asked. I do my work, help others, then go home. This repeats everyday. Every week, every month.
This is the same for the "real world."
A haiku:
I constantly think,
One day I will be boss.
"Ashley, please help me."
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