renee gresham

The Attic Within is a visual journal fabricated throughout the summer of 2014. Its contents withhold visual interpretations from traditional written journals kept by myself that date anywhere from a few years to a decade prior. Also within its contents are found objects collected throughout a typical work day with the exception of the handmade paper, text and most photographs.

was a one night only exhibition put on by 8 other students and I with only two weeks to meet, prepare, start and finish at 519 Lowry Avenue on Thursday June 19, 2014. All but one installation shown of mine were absolutely new pieces for the show.

These are my successful explorations with functionality. 

Techniques used:

Laser Cut with ai file, CNC with ai file, found old school desks and chairs dismantled and reassembled with one another, loom knitting.

Washi (Japanese paper) and Western paper made of recycled chipboard, canson and daylily both with unique surface treatments given to each sheet.

List of Works:

Paper Vessel I
Fall 2013

Half dyed washi draped around knitted wire structure, paraffin wax treatment.

Paper Vessel II
Fall 2013

Half dyed washi draped around knitted wire structure, paraffin wax treatment.

Esas Noches Cuando Inocencia Lucharon por la Vida.
Fall 2013

Half dyed washi draped on 1/4" rod frame, paraffin wax treatment.

Exhibited in Made @ MCAD Friday, March 7th-Sunday April 13th 2014.

A Hedgehog's Dilemma
Spring 2014
 

Handmade paper, mostly washi with floral embellishments, housed inside an approximate 1/4" plywood laser cut living-hinge book with adjustable leather strap and decorative hedgehog trinket. Top, open and bottom views shown.

Natural Light
Spring 2014

Willow Branch structure draped with half-dyed washi and wax treatment.

B/W gelatin prints of my own sculptures and observational dysfunctions/oddities.

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All the photos in this template are taken by the talented photographer Akos Major.

Snapshots of individual moments in the studio including progress and the techniques that I use in my practice.