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Lena B. Ellis-Boatman

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Making Masks

June 9, 2020by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

Since late March, shortly after the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Michigan, I’ve been sewing cloth masks. To date, I’ve cut, pinned, and sewn 211 cotton masks, some with […]

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Activism, For Sale, Rhizome Studio, Visual Art

Trying new thinGIFs

April 19, 2017by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

While working on our final project for Color & Design, one of my students with a flair for cartooning taught us how to animate layers in Photoshop to create a […]

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Visual Art

What a Relief – Bringing Printmaking into Foundations

October 22, 2016by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

October Highlight: Relief printmaking exploded into my Color & Design foundations course! This semester I incorporated a new, two-part relief linocut project as a bridge between a project involving cut […]

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Printmaking, Teaching, Visual Art

Visiting Artist – Collaborative Student Printmaking Installation in Sioux Falls, SD

October 16, 2016by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

For this collaborative student installation created back in April this year, I worked with printmaking students from two Sioux Falls area universities: Diana Behl‘s students from South Dakota State University […]

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Exhibitions, Printmaking, Teaching, Travel, Visual Art

mid-week wordplay

October 16, 2014by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

untitled draft | 10/15/2014 … But today in my journeys in data, pixel research flashed back against retinas from pretty mac screens – Today I learn Carlos Faz died in […]

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Visual Art, Writing

New Paper Shelves and Work Table!

October 16, 2014by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

I started this project on Saturday.  I am pleased to report that, as of midnight on Tuesday, I now have a new standing work table + paper storage shelf!  Designed […]

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Visual Art

Just in case…

August 6, 2013by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

Just in case the world was wondering, according to the Krylon website, there is no such product as “Crystal Clear Matte.”  I will be using “Krylon Matte Finish” to coat […]

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Printmaking, Visual Art

Susan Aldworth: The Portrait Anatomised

July 9, 2013by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

On view at the National Portrait Gallery in London These are intaglio monotypes, with fibrous elements used to block ink during printing (white areas) and collaged elements.  Brilliant and beautiful. […]

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Exhibitions, Materials, Printmaking, Travel, Visual Art

Notes from Blind Field

July 9, 2013by RhizomeStudio 1 Comment

Jonathas de Andrade, Ressaca Tropical (Tropical Hangover), 2009 Beautiful!  Love especially the small, multi-sized color snapshots mounted on tiny panels.  Love the not-quite timeline, and beautiful feel of the clustering […]

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Exhibitions, Visual Art
image of cut paper installation (artwork)

Students, Inspiration, and Teaching Online

December 9, 2012by RhizomeStudio Leave a comment

For years, I’ve heard art educators talk about how their students inspire them, how working with students contributes to their own work/creative research/artmaking.  This always sounded lovely, but I never […]

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Teaching, Visual Art

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