Melissa Meier

Wheat Dog

Wood, fabric, cotton batting, and acrylic. Artist statement: "Represents my Haplogroup based on a collection of common inherited genes that trace ancestral lines back to an original parent through matrilineal mitochondria. U5b2 ties me – and millions of others – directly to an ancestral Mitochondrial Eve originating in the East African region of modern Kenya. U5b2’s wall-mounted boat...

Thumbtacks and mixed media with plexiglass. Available in various sizes (15 x 15cm, 20 x 20cm, and 30 x 30cm)

Wearable sculpture created with sponges. Dimensions variable depending upon how the work is hung/displayed.

Wearable sculpture created with wheat. Dimensions variable depending upon how the work is displayed.

Sea shells and mixed media, wearable sculpture. Sculpture includes headpiece, skirt and shoes. The pair of shoes can be purchased separately. Dimensions variable depending upon how t...

Wearable sculpture created with corn and popcorn. Dimensions variable depending upon how the work is hung/displayed.

'I am a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on ecofeminism using fiber and mixed media constructions. My materials include hand-dyed commercially fished line and ghost gear, recycled and antique textiles, fabric printed with cyanotype emulsions and found objects. I change the existing surface of recognizable animals by creating a veneer of unexpected color and imagery. This forces the viewer to consider the shape more carefully by visually exploring its new topography. The creation process can be likened to painting with fiber (that has been tinted with hand-mixed dyes) on a three-dimensional canvas. Intense work is spent creating the eyes and ears to convey the emotion of each animal. I look to the work of Joan Mitchell and The Quilters of Gee’s Bend as inspiration for pattern and color, as well as charts, iconography, and satellite imaging.' -Gin Stone...

French designer and graphic artist Stéphane Gautier draws on a unique talent for deciphering symbols and images in his art and transforming them into ...

Pohlman and Knowles began their collaboration in 1992. They use a variety of materials in their rich assemblages, including hot-sculpted glass, various metal works, found objects and...

French designer and graphic artist Stéphane Gautier draws on a unique talent for deciphering symbols and images in his art and transforming them into a universal visual alphabet. Gau...

From Petrey's Dress Series, Genevieve is a life size sculpture made of red dye oxide patina copper and cast resin. The dimensions are 70"Tx37"Wx64"D.

SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbrella of the Quakers, working for a g...