Park, Marchese and I Iailye works are by students in Integrated Studies at A rt Center.
m e c h a n is m t h a t r e v o l v e d . T h e d r a w in g
t o o ls w e r e t o b e m a d e in t h e s h o p s a t A r t
C e n t e r . C o lla b o r a t in g w i t h t h e s h o p t e c h n i-
c ia n s , s t u d e n t s c o u ld le a r n t h e n e c e s s a r y
m a t e r ia ls a n d t e c h n iq u e s . A d d i t i o n a l l y ,
t h e s t u d e n t s h a d t o b e p r o f ic ie n t in
2-D
a n d
3-D
c o m p u t e r m o d e lin g p r o g r a m s t o r e n d e r
t h e ir d e s ig n s k e t c h e s d ig it a lly .
A f t e r t h e s t u d e n t s fa b r ic a t e d t h e ir t o o l,
e a c h p r o d u c e d a d r a w in g 4 b y 15 f e e t . D r a w -
in g w i t h e x t e n d e d r e a c h r e q u ir e d t h a t t h e
s t u d e n t r e lin q u is h a c e r t a in a m o u n t o f c o n -
t r o l. T h e r e s u lt s w e r e a b s t r a c t c o m p o s i-
t io n s c o m p o s e d o f r h y t h m s a n d r e p e a t in g
lin e s . W i l s o n a c k n o w le d g e s : “ E v e r y t o o l
s p e a k s a la n g u a g e ; e v e r y t o o l is u n iq u e .
I w a n t e d t h e s t u d e n t t o c o n fir m t h e d ir e c t
r e la t io n s h i p b e t w e e n t h e h a n d t o o l a n d
t h e d r a w in g , t o r e c o g n iz e t h a t e a c h d r a w in g
w a s a r e s p o n s e t o t h e t o o l .”
Opposite top:
Jung Lim Park
Pop
wall clock, Z-Corp
3-D plaster-based print,
clock mechanism, paint,
rapid prototyping.
Oposite bottom:
View of the “TOOLS”
exhibition at the
Williamson gallery
with (foreground) Gail
Wight’s
Meaning o f
Miniscule,
of Plexiglas,
electronics, software,
LCD screen and audio.
Top:
Dominic Marchese,
Fitted Form - Pig,
lathe-turned wood,
cast bronze.
Right:
Teodrus Hailye
Leafblmaer Memorial,
mixed media (plastic),
foam, faux bronze
surfacing, hand-sculpt-
ing, laser cutting,
assembly, painting.
T h e r a t io n a le b e h in d t h e e x h ib it io n a n d
c la s s w a s t o r e a ffir m t h e p r im a c y o f
made
by hand.
“ A r t C e n t e r h a s h a d a h is t o r y o f
p r iv ile g i n g t h e h a n d ,” A d e s t a s s e r t s . “ T h e
h a n d is c o n s id e r e d th e t h in k in g t o o l.” W ils o n
a d d s: “ T h e c o m p u t e r is a n a d v a n c e d t o o l,
b u t it is f u n d a m e n t a lly a n e x t e n s i o n o f th e
h a n d . T h e e x p e r ie n c e o f w o r k i n g b y h a n d
w it h m a te r ia ls a n d m a n u a l t o o ls in fo r m s t h e
d ig it a l d e s ig n p r o c e s s .” T h e f a c u lt y a t A r t
C e n t e r w a n t s t o e n s u r e t h a t s t u d e n t s h a v e
b o t h t o o l s e t s u n d e r t h e ir b e lt . I t is a d a t e d
n o t io n t o p o l a r iz e t h e h a n d a n d t e c h n o lo g y .
B o t h a r e v a lid s k ill s e t s a n d s h o u ld h a p p ily
c o e x i s t in t h e e x p a n d e d t o o l b o x . *
Jo iMuria is a curator and decorative art/
design historian based in Los Angeles.
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