Artifact & Inheritance
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Authors
Shipley, Eva
Issue Date
4/17/2025
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Any kind of making is an act of remembering, a way to reconstruct what is fragmented, to hold onto what might otherwise be lost, and to stitch back together narratives and ideas that shape identity. Artifact & Inheritance explores personal and familial history, and themes of memory, preservation, and reconstruction. Through painting, printing, and fiber art, Artifact & Inheritance engages with the ways in which images and materials can be layered, altered, and pieced together to create a tactile record of experience. Working with and archiving family photographs preserves not only a documentation of a moment, but a record of a relationship. Photographs serve not only to chronicle moments in time, but can also influence memories and feelings retrospectively.
Description
This body of work is a group of paintings, prints, and fabric patchworks made out of translucent and light catching material. Each piece reflects a translation of a photographic source, either with oil paint, relief printing, or fiber art. This body of work contains four pieces of fiber art including three tapestries, seven paintings, and one relief print.