katie parker:future retrieval
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Test #1. YES. Milled from a photo I took of Guy and Chewy last year, snapped mid yawn. This piece will be Future Retrieval's contribution to BYOB (bring your own beamer) this Friday night at the CAC, curated by Jordan Tate. I am also teaching a tile class next quarter at UC, and want to incorporate lithophanes into the coursework, so this is officially a test. 
The show at the Taft is up and running, and I will be posting more photos soon. Guy and myself are currently working (non-stop) on our next collaborative piece, "Hy-que Monkey in Captivity" a large installation for here. at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts Museum. I snapped a quick studio shot yesterday of one of the five oval backdrops, fresh from the cnc mill here at DAAP. 
One of ten Alphonso Taft busts that Guy and myself designed for "Still[ed] Life" currently on view at the Taft Museum of Art. I love the way the pattern camouflages his features, and how matte the pink china paint looks. (porcelain and china paint, 12" x 7" x 5.5")
The postcard for Still[ed] Life which officially opened last Friday morning at the Taft Museum. It is a collaborative effort between myself and Guy Michael Davis, the result of almost a year's worth of work . We will both be posting images from the show over the next few weeks, so be sure to check here and here. Also, a write up in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
I was recently asked by a friend to print a backdrop for a comprehensive display of his UK punk 45s collection. Since I have been printing wallpaper for an upcoming project in Philly, I decided to take the imagery and go with Union Jack colors for the florals. (the amazing wallpaper on the left is by Terence Hammonds)
Pink Noise is a sound/print/ceramic collaboration between myself, Guy Michael Davis, and Gen Ken Montgomery. Ken is a sound artist, founder of the Ministry of Lamination, and runs ATMOTW from his amazing digs in NYC. We worked together a couple years ago at UC to create a sonic tour of the ceramics department, which is now out on vinyl. Guy and myself printed the record covers, while Ken worked on the record. A little bit about Pink Noise: 
From the Model Citizens show at the Chelsea Art Museum last weekend.
I have been screen printing a giant floral backdrop with Guy for an upcoming show during Design Week. Inspired by the unicorn tapestries, we have burned over 40 screens and are printing them layer by layer with our studio assistant. Our work will be installed at the Chelsea Art Museum - in a show organized by Model Citizens NYC so we will be in excellent company. 
(a couple original drawings with each color separated) The show runs from Friday May 13th through Sunday May 15th. More photos and installation shots to come...
My piece for Small Favors, an annual show at The Clay Studio in Philly.
The dog head is coming along very nicely. After getting the first few waste casts out, the mold is working like magic. I am getting ready to block out a nice long weekend to start patterning this sucker.
Installation at High Street - round 2. To see the 3-d wallpaper from last year, click here. 
I have been sitting on this snarling dog head all summer, putting off the inevitable. It is time to start making molds again. I have a couple ideas for this dog, some referring back to the figurine that it was scanned from - and others that are a little more out there. Must get to work.
"Table Top Topiary", inspired by a recent trip to Versailles last month. I have been obsessed ever since, trying to figure out ways to make my flower balls larger and give them a little more structure. This piece is for the CS13 fundraiser auction this weekend, click here for more info.
A sneak peek at the window display Mike and I are working on together. We are part of a project that is taking place across the short Vine area of Cincinnati, with groups of artists putting up window displays in vacant buildings. Our building is Sudsy Malones, a rock and roll venue and bar where you could also do laundry while catching a show.
My first paper flower ball, made from a stockpile of paper scraps. Built just like a rubber band ball - adding paper around and around... with no interior structural support. 
I have been china painting the last few weeks, working on a series of tumblers for Future Retrieval inspired by old illustrations. Using the borders from one of the books, I decided to dress up the lion head by adding a band across the eyes. More to come.
Dresdener Flower Print, 22' x 10' x 8". Porcelain and hand cut paper. 
Gallery installation, Prairie. 
Images of "silhouette scrim" installation at Prairie. Hand cut scrim pieces derived from morphed German cut paper silhouettes. The white cut paper overlay is pinned into and onto the background. I had no idea how much the white would erase the colors behind it, a very nice effect. 
a quick shot of the installation going up at Prairie last week. Good pictures of the entire show coming shortly...
UC Faculty Show 2010. A combination of a couple ideas from this year, combining the die cuts I just had made with a wolf head using similar patterning. The gold leaf back plate is from an earlier show this year, but looks really striking combined with the blue and white.
Casting like crazy. I have some ideas for how these will be displayed and hung - and at this point just need to get them all in and out of the kiln in one piece. And now. The individual flowers are slowly turning into swarms with smaller flowers and crystals engulfing them....
The first round of giant flowers are out of the kiln, and I am super pleased with the results. This is exactly what I needed - to motivate me to start casting like crazy. Right now.
