Valerie Huhn

Large sculpture, art bureau: 'Fingerprint Bureau'

2012-16

Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Josh...

Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Josh...

Hand-dyed ghost gear netting*, muslin, adhesive, foam, paint, pins, reclaimed copper flashing Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹN 69°52ʹW Retrieval Vessel: F/V Donna Marie (Groundfish Trawler/Scallop Dragger out of Provincetown) Water Depth: approx. 100 fathoms/183 meters/600 feet Source: pre-Magnuson-Stevens Act* foreign, most likely Russian, fishing net '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...

Fingerprints were once used as a symbolic action of pride, but in our society they have become a passive action—we are fingerprinted. We can use our fingerprints to unlock the data ...

Pablo Garcia-Lopez, MFA, PhD Pablo Garcia-Lopez was born in Madrid in 1977. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry from Autonoma University, and a PhD in Neuroscience from Complutense University, both located in Madrid, Spain. As a Neuroscientist, he published numerous scientific papers in international journals. Later, 2012, he graduated from MICA(Baltimore),(MFA,Sculpture). Pablo has been an artist in residence at Brooklyn Art Space (2012), Franconia Sculpture...

Pablo Garcia-Lopez, MFA, PhD Pablo Garcia-Lopez was born in Madrid in 1977. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry from Autonoma University, and a PhD in Neuroscience from Complutense University, both located in Madrid, Spain. As a Neuroscientist, he published numerous scientific papers in international journals. Later, 2012, he graduated from MICA(Baltimore),(MFA,Sculpture). Pablo has been an artist in residence at Brooklyn Art Space (2012), Franconia Sculpture...

This porcelain horse wall sculpture is hand-built without the use of molds by New York artist Bethany Krull and floats peacefully in a womb-like nest of pink silk flowers.

This wall piece was created by New York artist, Bethany Krull using found drift would and found snail shells. The glistening snail forms are hand sculpted directly onto the wood usi...

This beautiful wall piece is hand sculpted in porcelain and depicts the habitat of a beautiful glistening snail exploring its environment which includes towering rocks, an outstretch...

This hand built porcelain beetle with resilient wire and epoxy clay legs hauling a wheel-thrown earthenware bowl was created by New York artist, Betha...

A lone ceramic frog perches atop a dirt mound covered in blooming artificial flowers. She is a beautiful captive inside her glass aquarium and she is the last of her kind...A creatu...

This mixed media textile sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). Minkowitz mixes her own interlacing technique with the...