Lisa Kokin

Lisa Kokin is an American artist who alters pieces of art or books. She creates pictures, books and multimedia books that address different issues
Books play a major roll in Lisa's work. She mostly reshapes the books or alters them to make into totally different things. She makes paper mache balls out of the pages, shreds the pages and even sews the pages inside and outside of the book cover. Bits of the text remain but the main meaning and body of the book is gone.
Here are some pictures.

The art to stop worrying and start living!!!

She was awarded her BFA and her MFA from the California College of the arts.

She also creates faces out of buttons. The detail to the faces is incredible and they are in proportion, even though the only shapes are circles. Here are some pictures.

 Don't be afraid to speak up.

 Rescue

She also produces sculptures!!!

 Baby

 Bored of Ironing.

Newspaper article

This is my Reading Chronicle article that I made in class today!!! Hope you like it!!!

Transforming Art

Local Students explore the art of recycling.

This week we were given the amazing opportunity to go to the private view of Maiden Erlegh School’s art exhibition.

The GCSE Year 9 students at Maiden Erlegh School in Earley were given the exciting chance to create some pieces for their own gallery, ‘The Peacock Gallery’. They could make anything they wanted, as long as all of the materials were recycled.

The students made pieces out of books, crisp packets, clothes, toys, chicken wire, paper Mache, newspaper, magazines and cardboard.

A book turned into a spider!

Cakes made from rolled up paper.

Some pieces are 3D and some are 2D. The pieces range from birds and elephants to dresses and photo frames.

Emily Banthorpe’s Elephant

‘I think that making pieces of art is both fun and environmentally friendly,’ quoted one student, Emily Banthorpe,’ It helps us to understand that recycling can be fun and creative. It has helped us to think outside the box as we weren’t using materials that we usually use. We had to use our imagination and make things like bottle tops look like eyes, or bin bags look like fur.’

On Thursday night between 4 and 6 pm, all of the students that created these pieces of art will be bringing family and friends to the private view.

 

Many artists have inspired these students with work of their own. Artists such as Gary Harvey, Robert Bradford and many more!

Dress by Gary Harvey

Dog by Robert Bradford

The exhibition will be open to the public from the 10th to the 16th of December!

By Emily Banthorpe

Hi!
I have finally finished my dress! There are three rows of patchwork and a skirt made out of ties. I unfortunately do not have a picture of it at the moment, but i will try to get one as soon as possible, then i will do another blog with the picture!