This show is a collaboration with Cedar Tree and Samish Woods. Student artwork is displayed alongside a local community artists’s reinterpretation.
Please email GALLERY@MAKESHIFTARTSPACE.ORG for all sales inquiries.
Amber Sturgis, she/her
Den of the Unipig, 2023
Repurposed Music Box, tea lights and mixed media
11” x 7” x 4”
$100 but $30 for Halilah
Artist Statement: While traditionally a watercolor painter, this artist took the assignment in a whimsical approach by using acrylic paint to mark the canvas with gestural strokes. The creature being called a “Sandfish” is described to have rough skin and excellent camouflage as a survival mechanism, is blind and relies on sense of hearing, and loves to burrow through sand. While studying the student’s image, the artist draws comparisons to the Pacific Lamprey, a parasitic fish found in the Pacific Northwest, but scaled up to intimidating proportions.
I will not be selling this work as I wish to offer it to the kid I was assigned to if they would like to take it home once the show is over. Do feel free to email or call me if the kid is not interested in keeping the work.
j paige, they/them
Night Nachos!, 2023
Polymer clay, acrylic, and Model Magic
Free to student
Instagram @yogurtybones
Kade Grossarth, he/they
Gelatinous Fuzz in Action, 2023
Soft Pastel, Colored Pencil, Oil Pastel, Alcohol Marker, Paint Marker
Each card is 5.25" by 3.25"
Not for sale
Instagram @clownincursive
Veronica Major
Hide and Speak Turtles, 2023
Mixed media
$40
Tom Yost, he/him
Alebrije Americano, 2015-2023
Materials: steel, wood plank, cardboard, clay made of house paint and paper fiber, acrylic paint, xerox copy of original photograph.
10”x8.5”x5”
NFS
www.tomyostontheweb.com
Artist Statement:
Indigenous people in Mexico have been making alebrijes (ah lay BREE hays) since before the Spanish arrived. Alebrijes are imaginary creatures that in modern times combine 3 kinds of animals: one part from an animal that lives in the water, a part from a land animal, and a part from an animal that lives in the air.
Often alebrijes are constructed from cardboard, paper, and papier mache although they have also been made of wood and ceramic materials. This alebrije was constructed from cardboard and. aclay made from left-over paint and papar fiber. All materials were either recycled materials or materials that would have been thrown away.
This alebrije follows the tradition of using parts from 3 different creatures. In this case, the 3 creatures are: a lizard (the body and tail); a chiton (the shell); and. a human swimmer (arms and legs).
The artist likes to draw on arts from other cultures and put them in a U.S. context to bring out hidden attitudes, assumptions, and beliefs of Americans.
Sarjé Haynes, she/they
Volcano Lizard, 2023
Mixed media
10”x11.5”x4”
NFS/Free to student
Instagram @sarje.haynes
Artist Statement: I had a wonderful time creating Jude’s Volcano Lizard! While I usually create abstract mixed-media work, I had a ball stretching my skills with a representation of this lovely creature. The lizard’s design is inspired by the Galápagos marine iguana. I wanted this creature to really live, so I took a sculptural approach, inviting Jude’s lizard to break the 2D plane and join us in 3D.
The lizard’s head and right arm were constructed with a 3D printing pen, EVA foam clay, and painted marbles. The entire creature is textured with crackle and glass bead gel media.
It was my hope that this creature could be enjoyed by both sighted and blind audiences. I believe art is for everyone!
I gift this completed work to Jude, without whose imagination I would not have made a delightful new friend.
Cynthia French, she/her
Bambi, the Pompas Cat, 2023
Fabric, thread, and stuffing, plastic eyes
Free to student
Yin Dwyer
Monster Mash, 2023
Fabric, embroidery floss, and sequoia branch
28”x10”
@youcancallmeyin
$350