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Echoes Of Becoming - K. Morrell, Kole K. Morrell
Echoes Of Becoming - K. Morrell, Kole K. Morrell
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
I work sculpturally, exploring presence, transformation, and emotional weight that is not inherently visible. My forms are recognizable yet unsettled, existing between familiarity and distortion. Meaning is not fixed or declared, it reveals itself slowly through texture, material, and time spent in observation.
I approach making as a form of therapeutic ritual. Through touch, I shape and alter the material, imbuing it with the story of emotions I want to convey to the viewer. I am most connected to the work in its “in-between” states, when the form is still shifting and unresolved. In these moments, it mirrors my own …
Nasty, Mya L. Correa
Nasty, Mya L. Correa
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
I am exploring artwork about women’s power and sexuality, centering on hair. I’m interested in how hair carries history and how it has been used to control and frighten women. I’ve been reading feminist artists’ books and researching their findings alongside my own work. Drawing on my personal history, my mother’s story, and the experience of raising my daughters, I consider how my children’s lives differ from mine and my mother’s, and what those differences reveal.
Hair has long been wielded as a weapon to enforce expectations on women’s bodies by a society afraid of losing control. As creators of …