Artwork Selections
By Various Artists
Ava Lucas ’28
“Mr. Mischief” – Cover Image
ART 267: Jewelry and Metal Arts I
Project: Create a sculptural animal form in metal that represents your inner animal or spirit animal. The animal sculpture will be constructed out of nonferrous sheet metal using cold connections—no soldering.
Ava’s cat sculpture demonstrates a well-conceived integration of the cold connections into the sculptural form – copper rivets for the nostrils and tab and slot construction for the overall body. Her incorporation of the wire stitched buttons for eyes grabs attention.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
Amelia Brown ’25
ART 380: Advanced Studio: Ceramics III
Project: Individual exploration of lidded vessels.
Amelia rewards the viewer through the complexity and attention to details in the modeled opossums of the lid and jar body. The adult opossum’s tail makes a playful meandering path around the jar.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
Lauren Litterer ’25
ART 262: Ceramics I
Project: Replicate a historical, slip decorated vessel form and apply an original visual narrative about your interaction(s) with the world to its surface.
The carved surface and the brush-worked imagery showcase Lauren’s graceful control with both techniques.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
Katelyn McCallum ’27
“In Bloom”
ART 267: Jewelry and Metal Arts I
Project: Create a goblet/chalice/pedestal bowl vessel form through the process of angle raising. The vessel form will have an angle-raised bowl/cup with some type of supporting structure to raise the bowl above the resting surface. This supporting structure can take the form of a stem and foot, pedestal format, sculptural configuration, or combination; there must be soldering involved in the fabrication of the supporting structure and the bowl must be attached (soldered or cold connected) to the supporting structure.
Katelyn’s goblet demonstrates a highly successful level of presentation and overall finish, along with a visually interesting conceptual investigation.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
Rylinn Dale ’27
“Internal Struggle”
ART 251: Illustration
This piece was for the Mixed Media: Six-word memoir assignment in ART 251: Illustration where students were to work with mixed media to illustrate a six-word memoir they have written.
Rylinn created an elaborate mixed media piece on foam core then photographed it and continued to develop the image digitally. The life and color in the heart with the upward climbing text in contrast to the veiled imagery and falling text of the silhouette beautifully conveys the desires of the soul and our physical limitations.
– Prof. Mat Kelly
Delaney Wilhelms ’27
“Resilience”
ART 267: Jewelry and Metal Arts I
Project: Create a goblet/chalice/pedestal bowl vessel form through the process of angle raising. The vessel form will have an angle-raised bowl/cup with some type of supporting structure to raise the bowl above the resting surface. This supporting structure can take the form of a stem and foot, pedestal format, sculptural configuration, or combination; there must be soldering involved in the fabrication of the supporting structure and the bowl must be attached (soldered or cold connected) to the supporting structure. The supporting structure can utilize nonferrous metals, as well as found objects and mixed media.
Delaney’s goblet demonstrates a highly successful level of complexity in the overall structure.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
Ashley Purk ’27
“Tobey’s Prison”
ART 251: Illustration
This piece was for the Distilled Form assignment in ART 251: Illustration. Students were to create an illustration distilling an animal, person, object, or place to its most essential elements. Ashley chose a jail cell environment for her cartoon which transformed the piece from a simple character into an amusing piece of hint fiction.
– Prof. Mat Kelly
Lauren Husz ’26
“Inherited Waters”
ART 262: Ceramics I
Project: Replicate a historical, slip decorated vessel form and apply an original visual narrative about your interaction(s) with the world to its surface.
Lauren’s composition displays a visually rich and imaginative interplay with the vessel’s form as it expands and contracts. There is a great visual narrative that encircles the vessel for the delight of the viewer to encounter.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
Rylinn Dale ’27
“The Goblet of Life”
ART 267: Jewelry and Metal Arts I
Project: Create a goblet/chalice/pedestal bowl vessel form through the process of angle raising. The vessel form will have an angle-raised bowl/cup with some type of supporting structure to raise the bowl above the resting surface. This supporting structure can take the form of a stem and foot, pedestal format, sculptural configuration, or combination; there must be soldering involved in the fabrication of the supporting structure and the bowl must be attached (soldered or cold connected) to the supporting structure.
Rylinn’s goblet demonstrates a highly successful level of complexity in the overall structure. The goblet’s heat patina finish draws attention from the coloration achieved.
– Prof. Brian Roberts
