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| OAC Identifier | SHA:90-9 |
| Title | When the Desert Weeps, Blooms Appear |
| Artwork Description | This black, clay mask has wide open eyes and a long nose that melds into extended eyebrows. The cheeks have inset triangular shapes that display colored embroidery thread. |
| Description on Object | Artists: Victoria Shaw-Clay Karin Peers-Embroidery; Titled: When the Desert Weeps, Blooms Appear; 15""h*10""w*2 1/2"" |
| Notes | This award was originally made to enhance Loso Hall at the Eastern Oregon State College. In 1997 Eastern Oregon State College became Eastern Oregon University.
For a campus map, detailing the location of Loso Hall, see http://www.eou.edu/visitor/map/ |
| Artist Statement | Choosing to work collaboratively allowed for the bringing together of two contrasting materials: the hardness of fired clay, the softness of thread. Keeping the mask primitive, with stark simplicity of expression furthers the idea of a barrenness which gives life to color, the intricacies of design and light. In totality the piece represents the deserts solitary beauty and the contrasts which is embraces. (Peers, embroidery; Shaw, clay and tile) (Unknown, 1990) |
| LC Subject | Sculpture
Clay
Ceramic sculpture
Mask makers
Masks
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| AAT Subject | clay
glass (material)
embroidering
embroidery (visual works)
felt
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| Creator | Shaw, Victoria
Peers, Karin
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| Artist URL | http://www.redwizardesign.com/vshawFL/vindex0.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: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/ |
| Artwork Creation Date | 1989 |
| Award Date(s) | 1990
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| Medium | Sculpture
Ceramic art
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| Artwork Measurements | 15 x 10 x 2.5 inches |
| Materials/Technique | handbuilt clay with inset of embroidery thread on felt; decorated with Venetian glass tile |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | La Grande Oregon. Eastern Oregon University. Loso Hall
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| Site Address | One University Boulevard, La Grande Oregon |
| County | Union 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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