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| Title | Oregon Foliage of the Forest Ecosystem |
| Artwork Description | This colorful textile piece presents different swatches of foliage arranged over an oval intersecting a circle. The background consists of vibrant, linear patterning. |
| Description on Object | Oregon Foliage of the Forest Ecosystem; 7 x 8.5 feet; 1999; J Poxson Fawkes |
| Artist Statement | The purpose of the tapestry is to complete the lobby by providing a contemporary, colorful balance and unity with the two WPA intarsia panels flanking the side walls by providing a lyrical celebration of Oregon's forests as well as a welcoming beacon to the working areas of the building. Titled Oregon Foliage of the Forest Ecosystem, the tapestry pictures boughs of leaves representing native trees found in different regions of the state. The composition of the tapestry is broken into two ovals-- one horizontal, one vertical. Although ecosystems have no limits, the oval frames suggest ways to focus the study of ecosystems. The ground of the tapestry is woven in abstract patterns of many colors to suggest sunlight, precipitation and streams of the different climates, conditions, and seasons of Oregon. Foliages, beginning center top and moving clockwise are: Ponderosa Pine, Shore Pine, Western White Pine, Black Cottonwood, Trillium, Douglas Fir and Red Alder. (Poxson Fawkes, 1999) |
| LC Subject | Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers
Textile artists
Textile design
Textile crafts
Textile fabrics
Weaving
Trees in art
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| AAT Subject | fiber
fiber art
textiles
tapestry
tapestries
tapestry (process)
dye
linen (material)
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| Creator | Fawkes, Judith Poxson
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| About the Artist | Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland.
Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections.
She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts.
She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle" described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008) |
| Artist Contact | jpfawkes@earthlink.net |
| Artist URL | http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html
For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.html |
| Regional Arts Council | The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/ |
| Award Date(s) | 1998
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| Medium | Fiber art
Textile art
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| Artwork Measurements | 7 x 8.5 ft |
| Materials/Technique | linen thread; dye; tapestry |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Corvallis Oregon. Oregon State University. Richardson Hall. Forest Ecosystem Building
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| Site Address | 321 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, Oregon |
| County | Benton County, Oregon
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| Image Processing History | Master tiff image captured at 4000 pixels across the long edge using SilverFast AI 6.0 software. Digital images in tiff format are archived and saved. Adobe Photoshop CS2 used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight points, adjust levels, contrast and sharpen as needed. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, resolution revised to 125 pixels, resize longer dimension to 875 pixels; save display jpeg at quality level 6. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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