Delicate in Tension (DiT)

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | This is an exhibition titled after the project prompt: delicate in tension (DiT). This show consists of work from a Sculpture class titled Examining Space, taught by John Umphlett, that showcases the work of 19 students. This show highlights the experiences and challenges of participating in an iron pour and working with glass off campus. The students' project was to bring both of these experiences together in the form of an installation that somehow spoke about themselves and their personal translations directly relating personality to material properties. The project also included the many materials involved in the processes of casting iron and working with glass, graphite, plywood, wax, baby powder, aluminum foil, silbind casting resin and sand. The idea was to connect the experiences and have this takeaway object made of the end focused material (glass and iron), but at the same time recognize and develop the installation to incorporate connected and assistant materials. To recognize and understand that all parts and experience and assistance of refining a focus are just as valuable in the end. “We all are part of a larger whole,” Umphlett states.

Participating students: Henry Altman, Lirio Maquin, Cole Chandler, Emma Clark, Emerson Curtin, Ellie Downey, Lorena Fernández Camba, Feyruzah Gaboush, Shivani Hirata-Chandran, Lukas Kuypers, Sirun Li, Izzy Meyer-Nilliasca, Teagan Moon, Bug Nachmanoff, Edna Ndayisaba, Calder Ray-Fearon, Lucia Soraci, Margaret Weddle, Zen Zeng