Woofy Bubbles

Lecture: Monday, September 12
Workshop: September 12 - 16

Woofy Bubbles’ perspective and expertise are in the realm of wearable art/body sculpture/performance. This has grown from a love of textile, the Japanese influences of Kabuki theater, European high fashion, and from his background as a painter of surreal two dimensional collages. It has developed into personal body-landscapes that the figure actually wears that wrap the body in a myriad of ways until it becomes literally a figure in landscape. A modular shape, called "the Woo," allows a fairly simple pattern to be manipulated into a variety of forms. This manipulation includes repetition, changes in scale, distortion, diverse choices of materials and various methods of construction, including inflation. During performance, a metamorphosis of forms, colors and textures takes place that allude to the symbolic relationships and observed patterns encountered in nature's living biological systems

A modular, Mixed Media, Experimental Fiber Workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to explore, through mixed media constructions, the interaction between the body and the art making experience. Participants will create a modular shape/pattern, explore its own innate vocabulary through experimental investigations and then give a performance/demonstration of the completed artwork for the other workshop members.

The constructed object, multipurpose in its usage, may take the form of clothing, shelter, transporter, utensil, tool, container, body extension, and packaging. The variety of materials may include paper, fiber, paint, fabric, cardboard, plastics, wood, string, wire, bamboo, etc. Participants will receive assistance in construction methods, including inflatables, and other various stuffing materials to fill a sculptural form. Sewing skills are not necessary, though may be helpful.

Call for workshop application at 424 5050, or download online
Scholarships available.