http://www.lindsay-preston.com Lindsay Preston Zappas Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:41:58 +0000 http://www.lindsay-preston.com en http://lindsay-preston.com/Drawings http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Drawings Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:41:58 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2845375 <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/rolling bus_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="692" width_o="650" height_o="703" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/rolling bus_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> Selected Drawings and collages 1. Title: Rolling Bus Materials: light bulb, plastic horse, beeswax, flour, paper, fabric, fallen tree branch, numbered map pin, yarn, packing material Date: 2011 2. Title: Six in One Hand Materials: collaged paper, glitter, thread, pen, watercolor, flocking, fabric Date: 2011 <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/six in one_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="518" width_o="650" height_o="527" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/six in one_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/bear-collage_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="500" width_o="650" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/bear-collage_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> 2. Title: Waiting Materials: collaged paper on wood Date: 2012 <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/six in one_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="518" width_o="650" height_o="527" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/six in one_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/bear-collage_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="500" width_o="650" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845375/bear-collage_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://lindsay-preston.com/Kissing-the-Hand http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Kissing-the-Hand Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:55:13 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2845165 <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_full_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="2048" height_o="1361" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_full_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail_2_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="2048" height_o="1361" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail_2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 2_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="465" width_o="2048" height_o="1490" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 3_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="2048" height_o="1361" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 5_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="441" width_o="2048" height_o="1413" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 5_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 6_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="2048" height_o="1361" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 6_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 7_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 7_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 8_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="421" width_o="650" height_o="428" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 8_web_o.jpg" 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width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload27.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2845165/kissing the hand_detail 11_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Kissing the Hand Materials: fabric, yarn, wood, string, moss, sticks, chicken bones, bear head, fur hat, feather, dirt, beeswax, wick, bread, Edemeyer flasks, yeast, flour, pearls, kitten piggy bank, hand written note, found magazine images, glitter, flocking, plastic horses, rocks, egg carton, smiley face tape, broken lamp, decorative sand, cat nip mouse, paper, found postcard, light fixtures Date: 2012 http://lindsay-preston.com/Untitled-project-1 http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Untitled-project-1 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:00:14 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2815192 <img src="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/install shot_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="359" width_o="650" height_o="365" src_o="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/install shot_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/cstick detail 5_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/cstick detail 5_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/cstick detail 4_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/cstick detail 4_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/butcher detail 2_web_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/butcher detail 2_web_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/baker note_WEB_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/baker note_WEB_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/baker detail 6_WEB_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload25.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2815192/baker detail 6_WEB_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Perfectly, Self-Evident Arithmatic Materials: fabric, wood, moss, sticks, meat hook, chicken bones, bear head, burlap, found tin box, fur hat, feather, dirt, beeswax, found gold candle objects, wick, curry, paprika, cumin, bread, wire, Edemeyer flasks, flour, pearls, muffin tins, glass jars, kitten piggy bank, Bar light fixture, hand written notes, light fixtures Date: 2012 Description: This installation was an exploration of three archetypal fictional personas (the butcher, baker, and candle-stick maker). The characters represent various humanistic poles; hunter gatherer, domestic, alchemist, each creating her own myth through the collection of objects. Creating her own identity through myth. The following text was written by Jordan Karnes for each character, and was included in written form in the installation. BUTCHER Never think about love, is the rule. Never think babies or women, even if they’re crying a floor above. Think lean, fat, bone. Keep clean. Tender is for cut, even if you got a woman. Love makes knives dull, scales light. Sure, I tried it before but blood dries quicker in veins than nails, and eyes that don’t blink still saw something. Know your animal. Don’t judge by shape, game. Don’t tell me about hearts, I know exactly where they beat. BAKER My hands are not in the soil. I do not know necks. Not frost. Not gather. Here is what I know about winter: feet are cold without socks, my apartment has no fire. We have less money and my belly goes soft. Hands get dry. Here is what I know about summer: mostly pleasure. Mornings are bright, but I wake at dark because bread is bread, no matter. Here is what I know about days: water, flour, yeast, time, preference. What do I know about moonlight. CANDLESTICK MAKER The difference between water/ wax is everything save heat/ drip, pool, etc. The wisdom of water/ is vapor is cycle. Do not be mistaken. There is nothing wise in material/ no vision in wax only wick. There is no wisdom in wick/ only fire. http://lindsay-preston.com/Six-Sage-Plants http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Six-Sage-Plants Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:16:50 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2495941 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495941/ergonomic_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="416" width_o="650" height_o="423" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495941/ergonomic_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495941/erg pot detail_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="416" width_o="650" height_o="423" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495941/erg pot detail_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495941/A_erg prints_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495941/A_erg prints_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Six Sage Plants Materials: Fabric, copper tubing, plastic tubing, six sage plants, soil, water, paper Date: 2009 Description: Six identical sage plants were potted in fabric pots, and placed in the center of six sheets of paper. Identical rations of water and sunlight were given to each, and each created a unique soil print on the paper below their pot. http://lindsay-preston.com/News-and-Current-Things http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/News-and-Current-Things Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:13:14 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2495141 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/1 My new article, "Cold Showers and Manic Transcendence" posted on Art21's blog this week. I interviewed 4 Cranbrook students about method in the studio. Here is a little snippet from the article: "Somewhere between character-acting, taking long showers, and listening to music the magic happens; it seems there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to studio method. During our conversation, we talked about “transcendence” in a tongue-and-cheek sort of way, but I think secretly it is really what we are all after. I’m not talking earth shattering revelations here, rather the simple kind of transcendence that happens when two materials come together in a way that seems so good that it’s beyond yourself. I think Anne put it well when she said at the end of the day it comes down to ritual, and knowing yourself. And, hey, there’s always tomorrow." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15 Meet the butcher. This a new project I'm noodling around with. I've created a costume and series of objects for this character, and plan to do the same with the "Baker and Candlestick maker" as well. I'm still unsure what form the final piece will take. Stay tuned!! <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/butcher4_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="424" width_o="1000" height_o="664" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/butcher4_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/butcher8_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="424" width_o="1000" height_o="664" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/butcher8_o.jpg" align="left" /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/20 Here are some studio shots set up for my visit with Bonnie Collura. <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_1.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="355" width_o="640" height_o="355" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_2.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="640" height_o="425" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_3.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="640" height_o="425" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_4.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="640" height_o="425" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/studio_4_o.jpg" align="left" /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/2 am a contributor to Art21's blog series "Open Enrollment." Check out my first post called "Spaghetti and Meatballs." It's about dealing with the fears that come with starting grad school. <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/screen-shot-2011-11-02-at-6-43-43-pm copy.png" border="0" width="640" height="516" width_o="640" height_o="516" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2495141/screen-shot-2011-11-02-at-6-43-43-pm copy_o.png" align="left" /> Here is a little snippet from the article: Last year I worked at an Italian restaurant chain. I used to describe it as a slightly fancier version of Olive Garden. I had to wear tuxedo pants. I remember a co-worker’s wise words to me when I became flustered at a snide comment made by a customer. “It’s only spaghetti and meatballs,” he told me. I try to remember this when the paralysis seeps in; when I think that everything that comes out of my hand or head must be magically perfect because I’m in graduate school now: the big leagues. Sure, we must intellectualize our every move, and read countless pages of art theory about queer post-humanism and neo-regionalism, but let’s not forget the moments in our past that called us to be artists, and the freedom that came with that. There was a purity in these moments that completely filled us with wonder and called us to make work that could in turn be wondrous. Or perhaps we can trace this moment back even further, to a time when our crayon drawings would be pinned up on the fridge – it was just spaghetti and meatballs then, right? Read the whole article here. I have a couple more posts coming up in the spring! http://lindsay-preston.com/Disparate-Kinships http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Disparate-Kinships Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:26:11 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2493428 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--colorssite_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="424" width_o="650" height_o="431" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--colorssite_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--bluesite_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="424" width_o="650" height_o="431" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--bluesite_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_-2010blocksnew_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="480" width_o="650" height_o="488" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_-2010blocksnew_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--2010blocks4site_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--2010blocks4site_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--2010blocks5site_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_--2010blocks5site_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_kinships-worksheet_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="989" width_o="650" height_o="1005" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493428/5_kinships-worksheet_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Disparate Kinships Materials: Interactive wooden blocks, paper personality tests Date: 2010 Venue: Work: Detroit, Detroit Michigan Description: A set of wooden blocks was created based on personality tests given to groups of siblings using a information mapping technique. One side of the blocks is left unpainted, while the other side is painted color coding each sibling group. Participants in the gallery were able to play with the blocks, sorting and stacking them, and also creating their own unique personality shape. This piece questions the notion of nature versus nurture while also commenting on the arbitrariness of organizing information. http://lindsay-preston.com/Fragment-and-Shrink http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Fragment-and-Shrink Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:01:59 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2493404 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493404/12_afragment-and-shrink_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493404/12_afragment-and-shrink_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493404/12_afragment-and-shrinkclose_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493404/12_afragment-and-shrinkclose_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Fragment and Shrink Materials: Fragmented tree branch, shrink wrap, T-pins Date: 2010 Description: A large fallen oak branch has been disassembled into its most basic parts, organized, shrink wrapped, and T-pined to the wall in a "bug-collection" style. http://lindsay-preston.com/Lazy-River http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Lazy-River Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:48:41 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2493370 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriver1_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="968" width_o="650" height_o="984" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriver1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriverdetail_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriverdetail_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriverdetail2_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriverdetail2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriverdetail3_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="425" width_o="650" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493370/6_--alazyriverdetail3_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Lazy River Materials: yarn, plaster, tree branch Date: 2010 Venue: Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art http://lindsay-preston.com/Quilt-Fort-with-Slingshot http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Quilt-Fort-with-Slingshot Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:18:55 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2493343 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493343/26_webfort-with-slingshot_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="437" width_o="650" height_o="444" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493343/26_webfort-with-slingshot_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493343/26_webfort-with-slingshotdetail-2_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="451" width_o="650" height_o="459" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493343/26_webfort-with-slingshotdetail-2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493343/26_webfort-with-slingshotdetail_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="457" width_o="650" height_o="465" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493343/26_webfort-with-slingshotdetail_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Quilt Fort with Slingshot Materials: fabric, used shooting targets, slingshot, rock, books, broom, wooden mop handle, cardboard box Date: 2011 Venue: Focus Fibers Juried Annual, Canton Museum of Art http://lindsay-preston.com/Show-Boat http://lindsay-preston.com/following/lindsay-preston.com/Show-Boat Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:13:03 +0000 Lindsay Preston Zappas 2493330 <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat1_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="434" width_o="650" height_o="441" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat2_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="488" width_o="650" height_o="496" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat3_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat3_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat4_640.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="426" width_o="650" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload9.cargocollective.com/1/5/180800/2493330/28_showboat4_o.jpg" align="left" /> Title: Showboat Materials: fabric, yarn, matches, framed drawing Date: 2011 Venue: Habitat House, San Diego Description: This piece is made up of shiny gold flags with the phrase "A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH," and mounted on match stick flag poles. In the center of flags is the watercolor text "Showboat" hand stitched onto the gold fabric and framed. I am interested in the dichotomy between the two colloquial phrases, and the shift in the execution of each phrase, as well as identity as a group vs. the individual.