Tree Spirit: The Art of Rachael Direnna

Posted by: Kenneth Rougeau in Art & Artists, Sculpture

“Many hours & quite a bit of work goes into every sculpture. I create each piece over a strong armature I construct myself using wire & found objects. The clay that I use is made by me as well. I shred junk paper (office paper, junk mail, newspaper, etc) soak it & mix it with paste & glue to make a pulp. I add calcium carbonate for strength & to buffer any acid in the paper. Each piece is sculpted in layers so that it dries completely & when finished is sanded, gessoed, painted, covered in decorative or handmade papers & then sealed. The work I sell on etsy is not constructed for outdoor display (especially in wet climates) but with normal use will last a lifetime (or several lifetimes – quick fact – there is paper mache still in existence from the China’s Han dynasty, 202 BC-220 AD).” – Rachael Direnna

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Oct

Feed Your Head: Postmodernism For Beginners

Posted by: Kenneth Rougeau in Assorted Media, Books

Feed Your Head:
Postmodernism For Beginners

Postmodernism is not a bunch of meaningless intellectual mind games. On the contrary, it is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philosophical crises of our time–the failure of the Enlightenment. Jim Powell takes the position that Postmodernism is a series of “maps” that help people find their way through a changing world. Postmodernism For Beginners features the thoughts of Foucault on power and knowledge, Jameson on mapping the postmodern, Baudrillard on the media, Harvey on time-space compression, Derrida on deconstruction and Deleuze & Guattari on rhizomes. The book also discusses postmodern artifacts such as Madonna, cyberpunk sci-fi, Buddhist ecology & teledildonics.