Call + Response
Session 4 | July 27–August 8
Color Mountain by Ellie Richards, 2022. Carved and painted wood, 4' x 5' x 4'. Photo by Myles Pettengill.
The objects and spaces we navigate are filled with latent potential for redefinition. Starting our session with succinct and satisfying technical explorations and ending with a long form project, we will explore object making steeped in humor, absurdity, and the capacity for transformation. Architecture, the environment, and found materials will be prompts for inventive, improvisational building strategies that speak to specificity of place, partnerships, and people. Using traditional wood milling and furniture making processes as a guide, participants will define the technical parameters of their work based on site and material choices with the goal of finding strategies where a personal and proliferating source of conceptual and technical fodder abound. All levels welcome.
Ellie Richards (she/her) is a furniture designer and sculptor interested in the role that furniture and domestic objects play in creating opportunities for a deeper connection between people and their sense of place. Richards looks to the tradition of both woodworking and the readymade to create eclectic assemblage, installation, and objects exploring intersections of labor, leisure, community, and culture. She has traveled extensively to investigate the roles that play and improvisation have on the artistic process. Currently, she is making work and teaching in Los Angeles, CA.