November 10 – 14
Artists: Graduates Lucy Tansey & Elizabeth Walton, Undergrad Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni
Reception: Thursday, November 12, 6-8pm
Location: Gallery 7, Humanities Building, 455 N Park St, Madison, WI
Work from the Art Metals Area, organized by the MadMetals student organization.
Lucy Tansey’s practice draws inspiration from the fine linework of the art deco and art nouveau movements, integrating the patterns of nature into metal and glass. Working primarily in copper and brass, the motifs of naturally occurring fractal elements of spirals, branches, and subtle curving lines mimic small occurrences in nature that often go unnoticed or unappreciated, as her art explores life cycles and incredible metamorphosis of insects such as dragonflies and moths, as well as death and its place in an ecosystem.
Elizabeth Walton’s observations of nature’s resilience and its ability to grow in response to its environment informs her practice. Through nature, she is fascinated by the development of systems and their intentional disruption as a means of highlighting change. This research is applied through her creative practice investigating the intimacy of jewelry and its ability to facilitate interactions between the maker and wearer and viewer through one of a kind objects and limited line production jewelry, in the past available through her jewelry business, Red Ren.