Jaime Lyerly Art

Friday, May 28, 2010

Image of the Week - Cildo Meireles

© Cildo Meireles Missão/Missões (How to Build Cathedrals)

(detail) 1987, Daros-Latinamerica Collection, Zurich , Photo: Tate Photography

Image from the Tate Modern

~ Jaime Lyerly

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wordless Wednesday - Yasaka Shrine with Fortunes

~ Jaime Lyerly

Monday, May 17, 2010

SDSU Art Council - 8th Annual Scholarship Exhibition at the La Jolla Athenaeum on May 21, 2010

Detail from Fibrous Waximus, which will be on display at the event
© 2010 Jaime Lyerly

Missed those other chances to see my encaustic art? Then come to this one.

San Diego State University Art Council 8th Annual Scholarship Exhibition

Dates/Times: May 22 - June 19, 2010
Opening: May 21, 2010, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: La Jolla Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
1008 Wall Street, La Jolla, CA

More Information: The Athenaeum presents for the eighth consecutive year an exhibition of artwork by scholarship winners of the San Diego State University's Department of Art, Design, and Art History. Students from the upper division of the undergraduate or the graduate programs will be selected, based on scholarship applications, by the SDSU Art Council. Each of the five receives a monetary award and the opportunity to present their artwork in this exhibition.

What's in it for you:

* Support local and emerging artists
* Meet the five of SDSU's undergraduate and graduate artists who, including myself, have been awarded a scholarship based on an essay and portfolio review.
* Check out the Artist Book Collection.
* FREE ADMISSION!
* Three in One! See the other two exhibitions running and opening at the same time in different galleries at the Athenaeum, Including: Selections from the Athenaeum's Erika and Fred Torri Artists' Books Collection: Fischli/Weiss and Ellen Salk: Shaker Loops

Hope to see you there! ~ Jaime Lyerly

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~ Jaime Lyerly

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Opening Reception for SDSU's "Comatose in the Sculptorium"

Reminder!

Tonight from 6-9 pm is the San Diego State University's Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture class anonymously juried show called "Comatose in the Sculptorium"

Exhibition: Comatose in the Sculptorium: SDSU's Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture student show

Dates/Times: May 15 - 20, 2010. Hours variable. Opening: May 15, 2010 from 7 pm - 9 pm

Location: San Diego State University, Flor Y Canto Gallery on the fifth floor of the Art Department.

More Information: Facebook event

What's in it for you:

Support local and emerging artists!
See the experimental and conceptual sculpture that is being produced by the SDSU sculpture students. The variety is amazing.
See my untitled 3-D encaustic sculptures from 2009 in a whole new setting and installation.
Meet the infamous instructor and local artist, Richard Keely.
FREE ADMISSION!

Hope to see you there!

~ Jaime Lyerly

Monday, May 10, 2010

"Repeat. Sum. Repeat." Installation Experience - part one

Just wanted to let you all know that I am still working hard on my installation in room Art 418C at San Diego State University with Experimental Musician Chris Miner called "Repeat. Sum. Repeat."

Last Saturday was supposed to be the informal opening, but we were still installing all day and night, so there was not much to see.

This Tuesday, 5/11/2010, all the installation will be complete and the room should be open from 12 pm until 3 pm, and more hours as requested.

Thanks to Joyce and Will for stopping by on Saturday. They got to see all the pieces spread about, but not installed. However, they were very understanding!

Thanks to Gwyneth Mapes for coming by on Sunday, and giving me such an honest opinion of the installation as a whole.

Huge thanks to Starry Wright, Chris Miner and my son, Xen, for helping me install.

A few lessons from this installation experience, so far.

SDSU parking enforcement will still give you a $40 parking ticket, even if you are quickly unloading your car, and they haven't printed the ticket.
Expect to move boxes in and out of the room all day for a couple of days.
Bring other people to talk to! On Friday, I kept leaving the room to seek out interaction with people.
Prepare your artist statement and tags before hand.
Don't expect that the room will be set up with lights and power needed.
Sound installation needs more preparation than expected and should be laid out visually before any art is installed.
Pedestals are pretentious, but needed to differentiate the works, unless prepared before hand.
Purchase all hardware, extension cords and food before installation day.
It is much harder to install older pieces and make new work at the same time. Don't pressure yourself into doing more than you can handle.
Installation is exhausting!

I will have lots of pictures coming soon, video of the pieces including the sound collage by Chris Miner. Stay tuned for more!

Thanks for joining me on this journey! ~ Jaime Lyerly

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wordless Wednesday - Toyko Panda

~ Jaime Lyerly

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions (and what's in it for you...)

I have been a busy bee recently and have a few events that you may be interested in, especially if you are in San Diego, CA.

If you are not in the San Diego area, you can join me on the journey through my blog posts (although those always come later than the event).

I would love you to come and experience these, but I know you are all busy.

So, rather than just tooting my own horn about the awesomeness of me to get you to come to these events, I am going to tell you what's in it for you!

These events are in chronological order.

Current/Upcoming events:

Exhibition: A World of Art - San Diego Women's Caucus for Art Member Show

Dates/Times: May 1 - May 15, 2010, call to arrange for viewing times

Location: East Village Company, # 29
906 10th Ave, San Diego (corner of 10th & E-downtown)

More Information: See the Facebook event

What's in it for you:

See the diversity of work from the San Diego Women's Caucus for Art members.
Also to my encaustic covered hand-carved Jelutong wood sculpture "Reliquary" and untitled encaustic painting.
Check out the East Village Company's space, hosted by the elegant and gracious, Coco Cabuquit-Jarboe. Coco opens her artist loft home to host art events. The relaxed ambiance makes viewing the art and meeting the artists a rewarding and intimate experience. One of San Diego's best kept secrets.
FREE ADMISSION!

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Exhibition: Repeat. Sum. Repeat. Art installation by Jaime Lyerly and sound installation by Experimental Musician Chris Miner

Date/Times: May 11, 2010, from 12 pm to 3 pm.

Location: San Diego State University, Art Building Installation Room Art 418C (on the fourth floor.) If you are not a student, park in the "W" lot, which you can buy an hourly permit. Call me at 619-750-2404 to get directions from there.

More Information: My first attempt at installing my body of work, including most of my current encaustic paintings and sculpture, and my newest fiber related works. See the Facebook Event.

What's in it for you:

Supporting local and emerging artists!
Check out my body of work, and help me figure out what needs tweaking as I get ready to apply for graduate school.
Experience Chris Miner's sound installation which is based on the patterns and songs of whales. This is the initial stage of this sound collage, and will be expanded for inclusion in the Atomino 2010: Experimental Art Festival in Germany in August 2010.
FREE ADMISSION (obviously - and I will entertain you too!)

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Exhibition: Comatose in the Sculptorium: SDSU's Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture student show

Dates/Times: May 15 - 20, 2010. Hours variable. Opening: May 15, 2010 from 7 pm - 9 pm

Location: San Diego State University, Flor Y Canto Gallery on the fifth floor of the Art Department.

More Information: Coming soon!

What's in it for you:

Support local and emerging artists!
See the experimental and conceptual sculpture that is being produced by the SDSU sculpture students. The variety is amazing.
See my untitled 3-D encaustic sculptures from 2009 in a whole new setting and installation.
Meet the infamous instructor and local artist, Richard Keely.
FREE ADMISSION!

_________________________________

Exhibition: San Diego State University Art Council 8th Annual Scholarship Exhibition

Dates/Times: May 22 - June 19, 2010 Opening: May 21, 2010, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: La Jolla Athenaeum Music and Arts Library

More Information: The Athenaeum presents for the eighth consecutive year an exhibition of artwork by scholarship winners of the San Diego State University's Department of Art, Design, and Art History. Students from the upper division of the undergraduate or the graduate programs will be selected, based on scholarship applications, by the SDSU Art Council. Each of the five receives a monetary award and the opportunity to present their artwork in this exhibition.

What's in it for you:

Support local and emerging artists (see a trend here?)
Meet the five of SDSU's undergraduate and graduate artists who, including myself, have been awarded a scholarship based on an essay and portfolio review. I will get the names of the other four artists soon.
Check out the Artist Book Collection.
FREE ADMISSION!
Three in One! See the other two exhibitions running and opening at the same time in different galleries at the Athenaeum, Including: Selections from the Athenaeum's Erika and Fred Torri Artists' Books Collection: Fischli/Weiss and Ellen Salk: Shaker Loops

Whew! Lots to do in the next few weeks, right?

Even though I would rather avoid these art openings, (yep, that is me - the introvert in me wants to stay home and watch movies instead) , I will be attending all these events.

I would love for you to join me! ~ Jaime Lyerly

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

"Dialectic" exhibition at the Encaustic Art Institute, New Mexico

New exhibition from one of my latest affiliations, Encaustic Art Institute. If you are in New Mexico, go check it out!

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Harriette Tsosie, President, Encaustic Art Institute
575/779-7941

"DIALECTIC”

Artists who work in encaustic (pigmented wax) are partnering with artists who work with other media in a new exhibition--”Dialectic” -- opening Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Encaustic Art Institute.

The Institute will host an opening reception from 1:00 - 6:00 PM.

Participating artists and their collaborative team include:
Fionna Buck and Cathleen Higgins;
Andrea Cermanski and Tanya Story;
Diane de Fremery, Susan Varon and Judy Van Heyst;
Linda Fillhardt and Maryellen Stewart;
Stephanie Huerta and Thea Witt;
Douglas Mehrens, Adam Eisman, Linda Leslie, and Lee Manning;
Barbara Michener and Jane Belew;
Cherry Whitener Rohe and Jamie Rohe;
Russell Thurston and Joel Nakamua;
Harriette Tsosie, Donna Caulton and Belinda Edwards;
Paula Verona and Nicki Marx; and
Carol Ware and Vahid Mojarrab.

Located just north of the historic village of Cerrillos and about 18 mles south of Santa Fe on the Turquoise Trail, the Encaustic Art Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and exhibiting encaustic art.

Its distinctive Pyramid Gallery is open weekends from 1:00 - 6:00 from March through October. Take Highway 14 south of Santa Fe or north from Albuquerque. Turn East on County Road 55A (General Goodwin Road). The Institute is at 18 County Road 55A.

“Dialectic” continues through June 2010.

Check out the Encaustic Art Institute's blog for upcoming events.
~Jaime Lyerly

Image of the Week - Petah Coyne

Since one of my jobs is to share information, I am going to start an Image of the Week which will include less of my words and more art.

These images will be from artists I have come across during my web searches, readings, classes, artistic research and more.

All of the images have moved me, but I will let them stand on their own without my WHY. I will include the source so that you can check out more.

First Image of the Week - Petah Coyne

Petah Coyne, Untitled #875S-96/7 (Atlanta Gal), 1996–97, mixed media, 67 1/2×55 x 38”.
Courtesy of Galerie Lelong, New York.

More about Petah Coyne's work can be found in this interview by Lynne Tillman from Bomb Magazine.

Moved to share? Please do! I would love to hear your comments.
~Jaime Lyerly

Monday, April 26, 2010

Thread Sketches - Process and Elaboration

In my post, Thread Sketches - Exploration of Universal Symbols through Machine Embroidery, I gave you a peek at some of my newest non-encaustic / fiber related work.

Now, I want to show you a little of the process and the elaboration that has occurred with these pieces. First, the process.

I was inspired by drawing/carvings on leaves done by Ana Mendieta whom I wrote a research paper on recently.

To give you a taste of this work, here are some of the leaves scanned from the book Ana Mendieta: Earth Body by Olga M. Viso.

Leaves by Ana Mendieta, from Ana Mendieta: Earth Body by Olga Viso

I started my exploration with machine embroidery on fresh magnolia leaves.

Fresh Magnolia Leaves

Here is me working on the leaves (with my freshly dyed purple hair and purple finger tips).

Here are the finished projects two days after they were completed. They have already began to lose their coloring around the stitches.

Machine Embroidery

I then started hand embroidering and pricking designs on the leaves at home. These took much longer than the machine embroidery, but were easier to control.

I could embroider through thicker and bigger leaves with this technique.

Hand Embroidery

This leaf was scanned in about a week after it was done. The white slowly covered the entire area that had been pricked or manipulated.

The back side of the leaves look different than the front.

I continued this exploration of hand embroidery about a week later, shaping them into forms with the thread.

I used a variety of techniques on these leaves.

We began needle felting in my fiber class, which is using wool roving and a barbed needle to puncture the roving through felt.

Here is a short video on needle felting by artist and author Rice Freeman-Zachery called Needle Felting 101

To learn more about needle felting, you can check out Outback Fibers which is where we get the roving.

After a few tests on felt, I knew that this technique would work on my magnolia leaves.

Needle Felted

Here is how this Thread Sketch changed over a week.

I liked how the felt looked like it was growing out of the leaves, so I enhanced that by punching the felt on the "wrong" side.

So what did we learn?

You can embroider or needle felt through anything that you can get the needle in
Natural materials change over time in interesting ways
Anyone can do embroidery or needle felting!
Experimentation is GOOOOD!

That last one is the reason I write this blog - to support other artists by showing them my experiments in hopes that they will be inspired to create.

Your Turn:
Experimented with any new media or techniques recently? Ever tried embroidery or needle felting on something other than cloth? I would love to hear about it! Leave your comments here and share it with us.

Happy experimenting! ~ Jaime Lyerly

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Call for Entries - San Diego Women's Caucus for Art Member Show "A World of Art"

Oops, I am a little (okay a lot) behind on reading my emails, and almost missed the deadline to post this.

If you are a woman artist in San Diego, CA, you won't want to miss this show!

Dear San Diego Women's Caucus for Art (SDWCA) Members,

Don't miss this opportunity to participate in

"A World of Art" - a SDWCA Group Art Show!

May 1 – May 15, 2010

Share your art with the other members, their families, friends, and colleagues.

See attached flyer for all the details and your

entry form. (Bring it with you when you drop off your artwork).

Contact Midge Hyde with any questions you may have and to register your entry.

619.466.3711, midgehyde@gmail.com

Please forward this to anyone you know who is interested in joining SDWCA and entering the show.

ENTRY DATE IS TOMORROW! April 16, 2010 at 6 pm.

~ Jaime Lyerly

Monday, April 12, 2010

Blog Triage - HW #3 - "About me" Revamped

Where does your path lead?

Like any slacker student, I am choosing to do the homework I like first before the others. Therefore, for my Blog Triage homework, I am skipping #2 for the moment. Don't tell the teachers!

Blog Triage Homework #3 is about revamping our "About Me" page.

Hooray! I have had roughly the same "About Me" page on Blogger since I started the blog in January 2009. Adding a few sentences over the last few months does not count as revamping, so it is time.

How could my "About Me" be the same if the "ME" part of it is not? Haven't I grown in over a year? Haven't you grown?

So rather than fix up the "About me" page and secretly hope that you never see the previous one, I decided to make a blog post to tell you where I was, and where I am NOW.

"About Me" Before:

I am a mixed media artist trying to bridge the gap between personal narrative and art made for the public eye. My works speak of the ambiguity of our future and our connection to the natural world. As a mother, I try to make the best out of what has been given to me and my art reflects that never-ending effort. It is messy, layered, personal and uncertain – just like everyday living. Found objects, discarded materials and branches from nature blend together with beeswax and hand-knitted yarn to create art that is familiar yet hauntingly distant from its original function. My current work is in exploring the limits and versatility of encaustic (molten beeswax applied hot, resin and pigments) in two dimensional and three-dimensional forms. My explorations include traditional encaustic paneling on panel, but also working three dimensionally with the wax to find out how far it can be removed from its' support. I manipulate the wax using heat, and combine it materials that are not used in traditional encaustic painting. I then examine how it is affected by light, motion, and heat. I love to share my process with others.

This "About Me" is basically my artist statement (which also needs lots of help).

To re-write this, here is a little free-writing...

What's the same:

Working in encaustic wax and beeswax
Sharing my process
Still a mother, artist and blogger
Being a nerdy, scholarship-winning honor society art undergraduate student
Tattooed, opinionated, talkative and easily distracted
Playful and full of enthusiasm
Son calls me "Visser One" and say "yes, my evil master..." when I assign extra chores
Interested in Conceptualism, Art History and Psychology
Love to read
Experimentation and process art
Creating something everyday
Love to support other artists
Being a procrastinator

What is different:

My son is starting high school next year (that statement makes me feel old...)
My purple hair
Seeking more of a spiritual connection and balance in my life
Fiber becoming more important to my work
Working more in 3-D encaustic sculpture
Scientific exploration and research more important
Blogging/documenting a larger part of my creative process
Started teaching workshops in Encaustic Painting

So let's combine these together...

See my new (and improved?) About me page.

Updated my fancy purple hair picture too in case that natural color was throwing you off.

"Going outside to work!" I holler to my family as I tie up my purple hair and don my wax-covered apron. With encaustic wax melting on a palette in my studio/balcony space, I juggle birch panels, fiber creations and my digital camera as I head outside. Why? Because you need to see an enthusiastic mixed media and encaustic artist at work. And that is why I am here - to share my process with you.

Encaustic (molten beeswax, damar resin and pigment) is an ancient medium that has grown in popularity in contemporary art. It can be combined with mixed media, collage, wood, fiber, and be transformed into paintings and three-dimensional objects with a luminosity that any medium would envy.

Want to know more? Follow, subscribe to my blog, or my newsletter for all the waxy details. I occasionally teach encaustic workshops in San Diego, so do not miss your chance to fling some wax with me.

Fair warning: my blog is not ALL about waxy bliss. I share tips about social networking, art marketing, San Diego events and unique Calls for Artists. I blog about spiritual growth, community involvement and balance seeking. I write tutorials on art techniques and share my own and other artists' artwork and creative processes. I even blog about blogging and make stuff everyday... anything that gets the creative juices following. However, I cannot do all this without YOU!

So join me on this inspirational path as we find out why "Art making is a Journey."

Whew! Let's hope it is not another year before I update that again.

What do you think? ~ Jaime Lyerly