Sasha Lute, Student Work

This installation represents parts to a whole system by utilizing windows to see into "rooms" that housed scenes of miniatures of furniture, noses, ears, lips, and hands. The installation to me portrays pieces of a whole person and the little things that make us who we are. I began by making several miniature clay body parts that I sculpted by hand to create molds. I built a faux wall that fit into a small space in the art building. This way my abstract formation of a person could physically take up and claim its own space, ceiling, walls, and floors.

Sasha Lute, Student Work

Fairy tales, like the tooth fairy, rely on  illusions. Fairies flying, sneaking into your room, stealing your tooth, and leaving a gift behind seems like a bunch of frills to me. I always questioned why the fairies need teeth. I put a small, sculpted tooth on a pedestal to emphasize this importance of this object and "floated" pillows above the tooth to push the boundaries of reality. 

Sasha Lute, Student Work

I was inspired by the fantasy we can create when interacting with miniatures and how these perceptions shift to a larger scale in our own homes. I placed a dollhouse I built between my home and my neighbors home to suggest ideas about space and place. The shadows casting from the light inside the dollhouse onto the neighboring houses pushes this idea even further, by projecting its falseness onto others. 

Sasha Lute, Student Work, Ceramic II, Independent Body of Work

Ceramic with metallic glaze. 

Various sizes, ranging from 3" to 8".

Greenware

  

Maren Mitzer, Student Work

For this piece I was inspired by a parade held in Saint Augustine, Florida in the early 1900s celebrating Ponce De Leon's discovery of a new land.  The St. Augustine Garden Club participated in the parade as well. It was customary for a Saint Augustine family to ride a float and act as the King and Queen of Spain. I was inspired by the ornately decorated float and throne-like chair Catherine Canova, a local community member representing the "Queen of Spain", was seated in. Catherine Canova was also a member of the Saint Augustine Garden Club. I highlighted the settlement of Saint Augustine by the Spanish crown through the use of dirt and a red velvet chair. The red velvet chair, decorated with flowers and outfitted with a cape, symbolize the monarchy. The dirt spread out before the chair represents the earth, landscape, colonized by royalty. The site for installation was chosen due to the proximity to the parade route as well as the grandiose grounds, situated behind a gate. 

Heart Breakers 2020