The new exhibit at the HCC Central Art Gallery discusses the possibilities of engineered wood after it no longer serves its original purpose.
Wood has been an important construction material since humans first built shelters, tools, and furniture. Yet no structure can last forever, and once a building has fallen, or a table is no longer suitable, the materials are tossed aside, discarded.
There they lay to deteriorate, unless broken down and used as raw material for another purpose. “With The Grain” is an exhibition about that repurposing. Eight artists, Raina Chamberlain, Dan Havel, Alex Larsen, Jesse Lott, Edward Lane McCartney, Page Piland, Patrick Renner and Dean Ruck, use reclaimed wood to recontextualize our interaction with the product. The materials are given a new life in the public space.
A number of significant pieces fill the room. Center stage greeting every visitor of the exhibition stands “Blake’s Griffin”, a mythical griffin with a long beak and tail. Jesse Lott, an artist with a long and wide-ranging
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The strips run from each side merging in the center at a crest which rises off of the wall in the shape of a long bulging wave. Adjacent to this piece and also bulging from its wall hanging is “Extrusion Study: untitled” a sculpture which seems to be destroying itself from the inside out. The supporting base is filled with cement which is bursting against the thin wooden strips holding it together. The wood is from Alex’s grandfathers barn, which was completely torn down some time ago, but Larson had developed a sentiment for the place and wanted give the material a functional reassignment. He acknowledges the previous history of the piece, and also comments on the practice of using reclaimed wood. “It’s easier to find something and make things out of it than to sit around and make things from
As the popular art subjects become more and more used up, artists search for other ways to express antiquated ideas. They begin carving and painting roses onto vases. ("renews/ itself in metal or porcelain" (line 8)) Ironically, while this new format originated from the overuse of the subject, this simple overuse also opened a gateway for more
“Coyote and the Buffalo’’ and “Fox and Coyote and the Whale’’ are folk tales told by Okanogan storytellers. They are myths passed down verbally from generation to generation explaining why the world is the way it is. Trickster tales are folk tales that includes an animal or a human character as a protagonist which represent the dual nature of humans. It teaches many lessons. The character has magical powers. Coyote is featured in both of these trickster tales showing similar and different contradicting qualities showing different characteristics like being greedy, disrespecting the dead, family structure, etc.
Glancy uses Pushing the Bear to contextualize concrete history. She frames the reality of the Trail of Tears using fictional accounts from multiple narrators, while also integrating historical lists and documents into her story. Pushing the Bear is unique because it tells a history through so many perspectives. Each is relatively short, and the reader is often thrown without transition from one narrator to the next. This technique creates a unique historiography because of its ability to address historical context of a large group as opposed to an individual. By giving all participants of the Trail of Tears a voice, Glancy tells a more “true” history than one ever could using a single narrator account of history. Glancy includes many bills
Further one this assignment will continue on the infrastructure of the economy which supports construction, this will include told, power tools, transport for materials and any objects used in order to complete a construction project which has to be order, rented or a special efforts made n order to allow for these certain services.
Brian Pattron analyzes that the ideal lifestyle is veganism, based on the observations of the animal kingdom.
First of all, wood is a necessary martial of human. Many of important furniture like bed, doors and bookcases all are made by wood, as well as the house and human cannot live without those things. For example, here are some data for building a single-family home,
Dani’s struggle with the Demon Bear, while it can be interpreted as a symbol of America’s history of mistreatment of Native groups, can also be decoded as a symbol of the growing force of Big Business and the economy during the 70s and 80s in the United States. (Fawaz, Plate 25) During a period in which consumerism reigned, many Americans were forced to come to terms with a growing economic system that threatened to swallow them whole if they were not one of the lucky few to come along for the ride (Shi and Tindall, 1189). Dani stands in for the average American, taking a defensive stance as she is faced with the Demon Bear, who is much larger. She is all alone, situated in a dark expanse with no one to protect her (Fawaz, Plate 25). Americans
Many people wonder what people think about them. They may think they have to fit in with the crowd. But to have everyone the same would be a boring world. Everybody has something different to contribute because we are all different. Different customs, cultures, and traditions. On a medical team, everyone performs different roles. Some may be better at other things than others, or think differently because of their culture and where they came from.
While reading this analysis, do not think about a white bear. Most people will tend to steer their minds into imaging one even when they were specifically told not to. This observation of a white bear relates to the theory of ironic processing. Ironic process is a process whereby a person attempts to supress his or her thoughts only making them more inclined to revisit the supressed thought. Writing for an audience of non-psychology professions, Daniel Wegner builds a strong claim that people who undergo increased mental loads, tend to go through a process of ironic process theory which leads to precisely counter intentional errors as well as ironic errors.
BEAR…. Be A Resource for CPS Kids is a non-profit organization that provides hope and help for abused and neglected children and the caseworkers who protect them with in Harris County. Its main location is in Houston, Texas off of West Loop South by the Galleria. BEAR is a non-profit organization that is funded by the state and Harris County. Half of the employees are state employees and the other half are county. The state and county donate the employees’ salaries. BEAR host five event throughout the year. BEAR Necessities operates eight BEAR rooms throughout Harris County. The BEAR Necessities provide emergency supplies all year round for children who in Child Protective Services care. BEARing Gifts provides holiday gifts to children under the care of Child Protective Service. BEAR allows
Lightweight wood construction is most often seen in the residential setting. The main types of materials used in light weight wood construction are pre-manufactured I-beams and I-joist, truss systems, plywood, and OSB boards. I-beams and joist are manufactured by placing a plywood or
The services and products offered by IKEA provide value to its customers in various ways. For one, the products and services are very affordable. The products and services are not priced highly and therefore, the average customer can enjoy them. At the same time, the products are of high quality. From IKEA’s slogan “low prices but not at any price”, it is clear that the company prices its products lowly but that does not mean that the quality is compromised. IKEA satisfying its customer’s needs through providing them value for their money as they provide quality products that will last for a long time, and at affordable costs. The fact that the company has set the minimum acceptable standards for its wood, implies that it is also keen on quality and on the environmental impact of its action of making furniture ( Edvardsson, Enquist & Hay, 2006).
The Innovative Use of Wood Products in the Construction of the Richmond Olympic Oval Roof
The article I chose is called “Meet Gavin Munro, the man who grows furniture” by Kimberly Solis. In the article, it states that there is a man who grows trees in the shape of furniture by morphing the saplings with plastic molds. He was inspired to create "living furniture" at a young age when he spotted a bonsai tree that had a similar figure of a piece of furniture. He did not give up until 25 years later he created "living furniture". In 2017, he will sell chairs for $3,700 USD. I think that Gavin Munro's idea of creating living furniture is a brilliant idea. To be honest, I think his idea of making furniture that doesn't harm the environment is powerful enough to replace the process of how we make furniture now. Although the process might
Ever since I was little I always enjoyed standing beside my grandpa as he worked on projects in his shop. The smell of sawdust and the sound of power tools sparked my curiosity. My grandpa has a history with woodworking. He worked on building boats for his job and he was very good at it. People often come to him and asks him for help building things and he for the most part takes on the job and does it well. I’ve watched him over the years build one Chris-Craft boat and another Thompson from basically scratch. Just recently a