Out for a drive to find some foliage (just ok) we stopped by the Fuller Craft Museum to see what exhibits were on display. The Fuller is a hit-or-miss in that sometimes the main exhibition can be not something you particularly care for (as in this visit), but sometimes you find the most wonderful displays you were not expecting. In this visit it was a selection of mosaics, some of which were simply small masterpieces.
Here is a photo collection of our visit.
First up, a selection from an exhibit devoted to croquet mallets and balls as envisioned by a handful of woodworkers. Here are my favorites..
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| Amy Forsyth Four!! |
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| Yuri Kobayashi A Peculiar Woodworker's Croquet Mallet & Ball |
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| Craig Nutt Cornfield Croquet |
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| Elizabeth Spotswood Spencer Aunt Emma's Revenge |
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| Kimberly Winkle Tuft II |
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| Katie Hudnall Eye Mallet & Ball |
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| Annie Evelyn Sparkle Princess |
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| Sylvia Rosenthal Swizzle Mallet |
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| Alf Sharp Flamingo |
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| Beth Ireland Cross-Quet |
This was an installation of a large portion of the museum by Amy Genser, called "Shifting"
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| An enormous amount of hard (and I imagine very tedious work) went into this. |
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And now, the most enticing and enchanting part of the visit. All of these mosaics were done with extremely tiny stones, jewels, etc., and many were simply spectacular. Most were about two feet square. |
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| Shawn Newton Epona Stained Glass |
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| Michelle Sider Preening Glass tiles, stained glass, Italian smalti, iridized glass (Smalti means colored glass) |
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| Lisa Houck Wildflowers in the Woods A Nesting Pair at Sunset A verdant Area with Rocky Soil Ceramic and glass Tesserae (Tesserae, from the Roman, means tablet, which could be stone, ivory, etc., and used as a form of exchange, money, etc.) |
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| Elizabeth Martinez Marley Stained Glass, Morjo tiles, and vitreous tiles on wood and abaca fiber |
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| Emily Bhargava Draped Glass and ceramic on welded steel |
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| Nancy Maloney Abracadebra Schist, smalti, Mookaite jasper, and 24k gold smalti |
detail
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| Jane Chaskey Attachment Sea spines, filati, and air-dried clay filati: yarn |
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| Laurie Frazer Water Life Mexican smalti, handmade filate, modified glass bottle parts, apoxie sculpt, and tinted thinset on a handmade substrate |
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| Pamela Stratton Ravenna Dreams Italian smalti and 24k gold smalti on fabric with encaustic wax Ravenna, Italy, is the site of some of the most well preserved medieval mosaics. |
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| Nikki Sullivan Earth Day Metal, vintage painted wood, asphalt, hand cut stone, pottery, and turquoise chips |
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| Shawn Newton Miriam Italian smalti, marble, granite, beads, gold bracelet jewelry findings, semi-precious stones |
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| Nicole Weber Viola with Anthony Tile, glass, and recycled pots and slatge |
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| Cassie Doyon Pangea Totem Group Ceramic tile, smalti, copper, pyrite and metal on ceramic |
And from the collection of the Fuller:
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| Sergei Isupov and Kadri Parnamets Sin Procelain, slip, and glaze |
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| Lois Russell Blue Blub Twined waxed linen |
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| Boston Area Mask Initiative Quilt Woven cotton, cotton batting, and cotton thread |
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| Anina Major Plait # 00205042021 Stonewear, sea glass, and lusters |
And, finally the main event, a very contemporary kind of hodge podge of
his latest endeavors. Jewelry, fashion, constructions.
I wasn't very taken by much of it but I did like these two very large well pieces,
about 4 feet square.
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| Daniel Jocz Self-Portrait (2020) |
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| Daniel Jocz Sunday Drive, from "Garage Band' series 2014 |
I think I was drawn to this because it is such a good illustration
of driving in Massachusetts these days. Especially on Rt. 24.
As always, I encourage you to visit the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton,
a small absolute jewel of a museum in a beautiful environment.
