Recipe Card New

The definition of tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. The presence of tradition in families is beautiful when noticed and in my family that is through cooking. Looking at the types of recipe cards that were in style at that time and how handwriting changes over generations. I am representing this through my Grandmother and Mother’s recipe cards along with my own blank card. Though the Nugget recipe stays intact changes do occur overtime and with each person. The blank card is symbolizing my lack of tradition when it comes to cooking and that I haven’t perfected my own way of making the Nuggets at this point in my life.

The class enjoyed this idea and that I was pursuing the idea of tradition and change within the recipe cards. A suggestion for the gallery was to set the recipe cards on a pedestal or have a recipe card holder hold of the recipes up on the pedestal.

Cookbook tradition

Continuing the idea of tradition I brought in 4 cookbooks. All included a Bow Tie salad that is served at all of our family potlucks. This is one recipe that remains the same in all of the cookbooks. I have a books from the 30's, 50's, 80's, and 00's and the recipe is exactly the same in all of the books which I found very interesting. Tradition finds a way into my work in almost every class even when its not my first idea to work with.

The class also enjoy this idea when we critiqued it this week. They said that I could display the books on a self in the gallery along with the recipe cards.

Emulation Project

ARTIST STATEMENT

Copyright 2007 by Rebecca Crowell

http://www.rebeccacrowell.com

The sources of my ideas are varied and interwoven, with the colors and textures of nature playing a large role. Memories, impressions and personal symbols all figure in as well, as do elements of pure abstraction. There is interplay in my work between appreciation of the natural world and the desire to organize and manipulate the environment.

I use a variety of techniques for making marks and laying down areas of color, including some I learned many years ago in printmaking. I build up many layers of paint, and also scrape, gouge, and dissolve parts of the layers so that underlying

bits emerge. The result is a surface that is complex in texture and nuances of color. Thus there is a correlation between the organic look and feel of my work with the process of making it.

Each painting is an open-ended exploration, undertaken with a blend of spontaneity and careful analysis. It is my hope that in the end, my work has a certain clarity and integrity that invotes contemplation.

For my emulation project I chose Rebecca Crowell and her Column series. Above is her artist statement so the class can understand more of her concepts behind the work she creates. I wanted to continue the idea of landscape and the layers of the earth. I wanted to use her complex textures in the piece and work with layering as she does. Her work influences my layering process with my drawings and my paintings. I enjoy the way she simplifies the shapes and focuses more on the texture and layers of the piece.