New Work – Page 3 – NICOLE DONNELLY

2009-04-242017-12-29

Sculpture for Earth Day

I finally had two sunny days in a row, and spring has arrived in Iowa.

tree branches and flax paper, 9' x 9' x 6'

2009-03-312017-12-29

Stories of Waterfalls: MFA Exhibition

My MFA exhibition was held at Arts Iowa City, an “underground” venue consisting of two rooms. The first four images are of my installation piece in the first room, “Stories of Waterfalls,” and the rest of the images are of the work hanging in the second room.

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Charcoal on wall, encaustic on handmade abaca paper

Encaustic and blue dye on handmade abaca paper, flax pulp on cloth, cornstarch, tree branches

Handmade abaca paper with blue dye, each 84″ x 42″

Charcoal transfer on stretched flax paper, 15″ x 10″

Handmade flax paper and cheesecloth, 20″ x 30″

Handmade flax paper and cheesecloth, 14″ x 20″

Charcoal transfer on stretched flax paper, 12″ x 12″

Watercolor and ink on handmade abaca paper, 8″ x 10″ each

Stretched handmade flax paper, 9″ x 12″ each

Charcoal transfer on stretched flax paper, 14″ x 11

Handmade flax paper and cheesecloth, 14″ x 20″ each

2009-01-262017-12-29

Shadow Puppets for Woody Guthrie’s “Dust Bowl Ballads”

Several shadow puppets used for the performance of Woody Guthrie’s “Dust Pneumonia Blues” and “Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues.” All puppets are constructed of chipboard: Woody Guthrie, 12″ tall; My Good Gal, 11″; the Doctor, 11.5″; the Kids, 6″; and Ford Jalopy + Mechanic, 5″ x 12″.

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