{"id":27166,"date":"2016-11-04T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T03:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=27166"},"modified":"2016-11-04T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T04:00:07","slug":"experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;experiments, risks&#8230; and dryer lint&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27173\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey1.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey1\" width=\"584\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey1-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4806616\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve talked to artists who work with hand-made paint, fresh flowers, tiny glass tiles, and delicate paper&#8230; but today is a new one. Lint &#8211; aka dryer fluff. Yes, Canadian artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonyacorkey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tonya Corkey<\/a>\u00a0creates these gorgeous pieces using <em>lint<\/em> from the laundry room! I wrote about her years ago <em>{the second I found her work obviously}<\/em>, and now thanks to the wonders of podcasts, I was able to\u00a0ask\u00a0all of my lint-related questions. You can listen right up there,\u00a0or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Before we really get going, just so you believe me, look at this close-up of that first piece above:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27174\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey2.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey2\" width=\"584\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey2-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lint!!! Mind. Blown. Ok, moving on. This next piece is the colorful portrait that Tonya was talking about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27175\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey3.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey3\" width=\"584\" height=\"1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey3-111x300.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey3-380x1024.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just imagine collecting and organizing that much colorful lint? It makes me want to wash a bunch of red socks so I can send her a ball of pinky\/red fluff! Now, not that I want Tonya to ever feel terrified, but I kinda love that this piece scared her so much. See, brilliant artists are humans too.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, so here are some of her portraits. The first guy below, Freddie, was the first lint portrait she ever did, and is titled <em>&#8220;Your Friend Freddie&#8221;<\/em>. This piece is 5&#8217;x3.5&#8242; and took months for Tonya to finish&#8230;\u00a0which doesn&#8217;t surprise me at all:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27176\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey4.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey4\" width=\"584\" height=\"3217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey4-186x1024.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She quickly embraced negative space which saved a lot of time&#8230; and lint.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and these! These are the mirrored pieces we talked about. STUNNING:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27177\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27177\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey5.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey5\" width=\"584\" height=\"2751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey5-64x300.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right? Sigh. So gorgeous. Up next, the writing from the back of these nostalgic found photographs&#8230; some mirrored, some with a bit of a linty shadow:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27178\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey6.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey6\" width=\"584\" height=\"2209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey6-79x300.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey6-271x1024.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Again, gorgeous. Speaking of gorgeous, here is a shot of Tonya in her studio. I love seeing where\/how artists work, and this photo is particularly great because you can see the scale of a few of the pieces from earlier in this post. Also, I love that she&#8217;s surrounded by bags full\u00a0of dryer fluff:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/04\/experiments-risks-and-dryer-lint\/tonya_corkey7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27179\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey7.jpg\" alt=\"tonya_corkey7\" width=\"584\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/tonya_corkey7-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lovely.<\/em> Thank you so much to Tonya for taking the time to tell her stories, thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art <\/a>for supporting episode 75; thanks\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/t1\/30trial_at?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R\" target=\"_blank\">audible.com<\/a> for making my new book into an audio book \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Self-Development\/Your-Inner-Critic-Is-a-Big-Jerk-Audiobook\/B01G2KYDX6\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s officially available now <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0and thank YOU so much\u00a0for listening every week! There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Queen&#8217;s University<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gallery.alisonmilne.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Alison Milne Gallery<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocadu.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>OCAD<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/benskinner.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ben Skinner<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cca.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>California College of the Arts<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve talked to artists who work with hand-made paint, fresh flowers, tiny glass tiles, and delicate paper&#8230; but today is a new one. Lint &#8211; aka dryer fluff. Yes, Canadian artist Tonya Corkey\u00a0creates these gorgeous pieces using lint from the laundry room! 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