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| Title | Duality (Seed Within Itself) |
| Artwork Description | This piece appears to be a paper relief comprised of circular patterning on white paper. |
| Description on Object | Martha Snyder; composition 61; duality; for OIT/Clackamas; cast paper; 1998; replica maude kerns |
| Artist Statement | I am pleased to have had my art selected for the Oregon Institute of Technology Metro Center as a part of the Percent for art Project. Thirty years ago. I became transplant from Indianapolis, Indiana to Eugene. I received my Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts Sculpture and Design from John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1965. My work and artistic focus has evolved through the years and I am now interested in creating art in a touchable form (bas-relief) with the blind and visually impaired in mind. The tactile replicas of the Maude I. Kerns non-objective paintings are my current ongoing mission, with the final goal of making eight of them for a traveling exhibit. Th[is] piece (Duality) is one of these replicas cast in paper, not resin as they are normally done for ""touch"" purposes. I sculpt the original in clay and then I make a flexible mold of it. I first conceived of this concept while coordinating a retrospective exhibit of Maude I. Kerns (1876-1965) paintings for the Eugene Jacobs Gallery in 1994. As an artist the thought of being blind or visually impaired and unable to see paintings or experience them seemed unbelievable to me. As a sculptor I realized I could do something about that. I have continued to seek out opportunities to expose and exhibit these works for the visually impaired and to learn how I may serve them through my art and tactile graphics. I have also discovered that sighted people enjoy the opportunity to touch the art, as well, and perhaps consider the experience of loss of sight. (Snyder, May 1999) |
| LC Subject | Paper art
Paper sculpture
Paper work
Paper, Handmade
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| AAT Subject | papermaking
paperwork
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| Creator | Snyder, Martha
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| 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: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/ |
| Award Date(s) | 1998
1999
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| Medium | Paper work
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| Materials/Technique | cast paper; casting pulp from magnolia paper |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Portland Oregon. Oregon Institute of Technology. Metro Center
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| Site Address | 7726 S. E. Harmony Road, Portland Oregon |
| County | Multnomah County, Oregon
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| Image View | detail |
| 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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