Claire Frances

Jordan Miller

Performance Paint Pour- constructed 6 plaster (soup/paint) cans with holes drilled into them, allowing paint to be poured into the top so that it flows through all the cans.  The sculpture shows cans doing the opposite of their intended functionality.

Lizzi Felhedge

I created a piece that combines colorful multiples of a VHS plaster mold of the film Superfly. The hand-painted retro-themed background and bright orange macramé work herald the existence and overall contribution of this now outdated technology. 

Allison Pike

Emily Holoch's Cast Soap

Kylie Lane

I made an 8-part mold of a hockey skate and cast it in plaster. This project was very difficult and time consuming. If anything could go wrong, it did. I presented it on the floor as if I just took them off. I had one finished skate (kinda), and one that just came out of the cast. I portrayed that it was now very brittle and not supportive anymore.

Cory Andres

My sculpture is a plaster mold of a beer can. I intended the image to express the average college kid.  Many students save money when they buy beer by purchasing the cheapest brand on the market. 

Tiffany Welles

Toy Story Alien's made out of plaster. They are arranged as a group as if worshiping something important. Also they are placed on a silver painted canvas to reflect off of the plaster along with casting beautiful shadows.

Shana Kruchten

I cast multiple pill bottles, individual pills, and a pill dispenser in plaster.  They are displayed on a lunch tray to comment on the mass consumption of vitamins, medications and manufactured health.

Tanya Halloran

I recreated a Chapstick lip balm in plaster, painted it white, and covered it with an original Chapstick brand wrapper.  I ultimately wanted to take away the functionality of the Chapstick. I returned it to a lost purse I found hoping to create a moment of despair for the owner of the purse when she tries to use the fake Chapstick.

Dan Eliszewski

Multiple casts of a starfish form a gigantic charm bracelet like those found in beach souvenir shops.

Jesse Peterson

I made a plaster cast of a previously made wood sculpture of a skull with 2 sets of eyes.  I also made a pair of deer antlers out of plaster.  My intent behind these objects is to bring attention to the fads that occur in the art world.  I then attached the sculpture to a pedestal and hung the work upside down.

Pink Gum

Kari Pfannenstein's plaster gum sculpture on desk and projector cart. Beautiful!

Shadows

Daniel Eliszewski's Class Assignment: Draw a shadow from your plaster cast object.

Braids

Claire asked students to braid each other's hair as part of an assignment taken from the website Learning to Love You More by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher.

Assignement #1

Jordan asked students to systematically add colors of paint to a flat wood structure he placed on the floor. The latex paint was allowed to spread of its own accord following the contours of the form and floor.