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Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
Tradición E Innovación En Los Textiles Aymaras Del Departamento De La Paz: La Aykata, Agustín Daniel Leonardo Miranda Cossío
Tradición E Innovación En Los Textiles Aymaras Del Departamento De La Paz: La Aykata, Agustín Daniel Leonardo Miranda Cossío
IX Jornadas Internacionales de Textiles Precolombinos y Amerindianos / 9th International Conference on Pre-Columbian and Amerindian Textiles, Museo delle Culture, Milan, 2022.
La presente propuesta muestra la vigencia del tejido tradicional de textiles en zonas cercanas y en las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto. La información fue obtenida de tejedores que habitan en la ciudad – área rural y frecuentan la ciudad por motivos de cargos comunales o comercio de tejidos como medio de subsistencia. El paulatino desplazamiento de las piezas textiles tejidas a mano en los centros urbanos de Bolivia ha llevado a creer que este arte está menguando; si bien es cierto que su uso se ha restringido a las fiestas o ceremonias particulares, la presencia del textil …
Growth, Taylor Sijan
Growth, Taylor Sijan
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work
I craft functional pottery that is richly decorated with layers of abstracted botanical imagery. While working within the parameters of function, I explore the possibilities for expressing and evoking beauty through altered porcelain forms and lush surfaces. As a potter, I create forms that inspire curiosity and interaction through a balance of originality and suggested function. I connect myself to others through the intermediary of the vessel, conveying my reverence for plants, nourishment and beauty. People then interpret how to use my work, adding their own sentiments as it becomes part of their lives. Pots live in the home, bridging …
Re:Creation, Heather Boone
Re:Creation, Heather Boone
Theses and Dissertations
This intent of this project is to explore the importance of handmade objects in the age of information.
Global Discontents, Priyadarshini A. Khatri
Global Discontents, Priyadarshini A. Khatri
Theses and Dissertations
My creative project explores toys as means to express economic issues of globalization. By exploiting the educational and imaginative aspects of toys for adults and children, I intend to reflect on the impact and pressures of globalization on employment, technology and environment. In creating these toys I hope to make a visual statement concerning critical issues of human survival, sustainability and the divisive side of globalization.