the details tell the story

Pasta & Painting session 1

2011-03-31T15:01:00.000-07:00

Recently, my friend Liz Apple and I decided to start making pasta from scratch while painting collaboratively. Our first session went swimmingly and I can't wait to meet up again for the next delicious and creative evening. Check out our creations below:

"The Lines of History" Art + Album Party 3.26.11 @ Nick & Eddie's Warehouse

2011-03-31T14:52:00.000-07:00

Hosted by Tarnish & Gold Gallery

The show went great! See the photos from the night below. More images to come.

I still have a few prints ($15) left and a few canvases ($150) that I can reprint to order. Email me at SarahWrayDesign@gmail.com to order.

what my computer does sometimes

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March 26th //// Tarnish & Gold Gallery

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Lesser Know Saint website up

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Look! The band I was working with has their website up and running. Check it out :) I'm excited to see the album and how the artwork was used.

LKS Album Art

2010-05-25T20:28:00.000-07:00

This artwork was created for Lesser Known Saint's new Album.

Summer-like Heat

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April in Minneapolis

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Two!

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Nights in MPLS

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San Diego in February

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Happy Valentine's Day :)

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Minnesotan Dusk

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These images are the start of a project with Lesser Known Saint

Minnesnowta

2010-01-03T11:15:00.000-08:00

These images are the start of a project with Lesser Known Saint

Lake Calhoun walks

2009-11-21T17:11:00.000-08:00

The Walker Art Museum & Haegue Yang

2009-11-21T17:08:00.000-08:00

Muggy Minneapolis

2009-10-04T14:37:00.000-07:00

Play time

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The cats like to dress up:

"Art for Choice" @ the Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2009-10-02T07:16:00.001-07:00

Sarah Wray

2009

"Tracking Mavens"

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink

Diane Katsiaficas

Jennifer Davis

Things.That.Make.Me.Smile.

2009-09-27T15:18:00.000-07:00

Sigur Ros

Florence + the Machine

Rooftop of Moto-i

corn fields & apple picking

@ Urban Bean

found this online & can't remember where :(

Liz Apple: www.lizapple.com

My niece Dylan

++Nina Bliese Gallery (Sept 21 - Oct 1)++

2009-09-27T15:00:00.001-07:00

"Tracking Mavens" by Sarah Wray
2009
Gouache, Watercolor, Ink

Art for Choice - Preview 35 Works of Art
Friday, September 25th through Thursday, October 1^st

225 South Sixth Street, Suite 100, Minneapolis MN 55402 612-332-2978

Monday through Thursday,
Noon to 5 pm
Friday, Noon to 3 pm

"Life Lines" -Sarah Wray-

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"Trajectory of Nodes & Ties" 2009
Gouache, Watercolor, Ink

"Growth Among Singletons" 2009

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink

"Betweenness" 2009
Gouache, Watercolor, Ink

"Life Lines" -Angel O-

2009-09-27T14:10:00.000-07:00

"Life Lines" @ the Midwives Collective featured ANGEL O, MASHA BADINTER, and myself . Masha & Angel included videos and installations that would not be done justice in still imagery, so I'm only able to post some of Angel's drawings. Here they are:

"Life Lines" Sept. 11- Oct 4, 2009

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Midwives Collective & Gallery

"Life Lines" Sept. 11- Oct 4, 2009

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detail:

In this grouping of work I explore the structure (or, in some cases, lack of structure) that defines long-standing friendships. Within social networks there are those that build and reinforce the structure and those that tear it down. By use of illustrative line and personal symbolism I describe each of the trajectories we follow: how we interact, connect, and disconnect over time.

Sandbox Theatre Benefit

2009-08-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

Three of my silk shibori wall hangings will be auctioned off at the Sandbox Theatre to help raise money for their upcoming production of ".faust"

If you are in town you should stop by and purchase some great art work from local artists!

THURSDAY, Aug 20th
@ the Red Eye Theater
6:30 - 9:00
16 W 14th St.
Minneapolis, MN
www.aboutthisplay.com

Minnesotan Inspiration

2009-08-15T22:13:00.001-07:00

Some great finds at the big antique show in MN.

more "life lines" (in progress)

2009-08-08T12:03:00.000-07:00

new work in progress

2009-07-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

Rainy Philadelphia

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more "Erosion of Memory" work

2009-05-06T20:57:00.000-07:00

"Remembrance"
Digital Collage, Handmade paper, Over-beaten paper pulp manipulations, Gouache
27"x44"

"Home"
Digitally printed collage on handmade paper, manipulated with over-beaten paper pulp
30" x 30"

"Transition to Distortion"
Digitally printed collage on handmade paper, manipulated with over-beaten paper pulp, acrylic, gouache
8" x 50"

"Erosion of Memory" Opening

2009-04-23T15:56:00.001-07:00

What an incredible Opening night!

I encourage anyone in the Philadelphia area to visit the galleries at Moore and see all the fabulous work created by the graduating class.

The night was especially wonderful for me because I was awarded the "Alumnae Award for Excellence in Textile Design" and asked to participate in a three person Exhibition at the Midwives Collective (http://www.midwivescollective.com/) in Philadelphia, PA. The show will also feature Masha Badinter and Angel O. The opening will be on September 11th, 2009.

Wilson Gallery @ Moore College of Art

"Elapse", "Resonance", and "Imprint"
30" x 30"
Digital Collage
Limited Edition of 5
$250 each/$750 for the set
All sales (placed by 5/12/09) through the Art Shop @ Moore
(after 5/13/09 contact SarahWrayDesign@gmail.com for arrangements)

Erosion of Memory

2009-04-13T19:41:00.000-07:00

Dear Friends,

Please join me for

Sarah Wray
Erosion of Memory

April 22nd - May 16th
Closing Reception : Saturday, May 16th, 1:00 - 3:00pm

Emerging Artists & Designers : Senior Show 2009

Goldie Paley Gallery @
Moore College of Art & Design
20th & the Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Gallery Hours:
Monday – Friday: 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm

Sarah Wray’s work focuses on the erosion of memory. Just as a digital file slowly degrades when opened and saved, memories dissolve and coalesce each time they are recalled. A series of three digital collages illustrates memories never captured by the camera that are fading out with time. Other pieces by the artist (not shown in the thesis exhibition) include digital illustrations of fleeting memories, the transition of a memory distorting, and peripheral details of memories. This collection of work was created through a process of digital manipulations with some pieces texturally treated with handmade paper pulp.

progress

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studio

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Thesis preview

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Philly to New York and back in under 24 hours

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....peekabo

warm days

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Thesis work

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So this is the beginning of work I'm putting together for my thesis show in May. The work will be about memories and the way the are reinterpreted every time they are remembered and how they then can melt into each other to create new imagery in the mind. Or something to that train of thought.

Some more digital collage

2009-02-23T10:55:00.000-08:00

February in Cape May, NJ

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some things have changed

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winter in philly

2009-02-05T08:07:00.000-08:00

Studio work in progress:

walking about

2009-01-24T12:17:00.000-08:00

Try this link

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Obama Inauguration photo

makes me smile

2009-01-16T22:12:00.000-08:00

There is a school children art display up at my school and it makes me giggle with glee every time I see this one creation:

flashback to may

2009-01-16T11:30:00.000-08:00

I wish it was this warm and sunny again.....

keeping the hands busy

2009-01-10T21:53:00.000-08:00

I've been painting in my sketchbook as warm ups. Its really fun.

Sketchbook painting

sketchbook painting and drawing

what my room has looked like over break since the studios are closed

collage and painting piece i spent a few days on

a detail of it

waitin' for the trolley

Older sketchbook stuff, when i was playing around with collage, writing, mark making.

and this..

2009-01-02T07:42:00.001-08:00

Mt Curve St
Originally uploaded by Stef Kardos

by Stef Kardos
created with iPhone

I love crazy technology....

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johnny
Originally uploaded by Stef Kardos

Stef Kardos drew these on her iphone:

Christmas in the burbs.

2008-12-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

Reasons #1, #2, & #3 for lack of sleep in the last month

2008-12-20T10:46:00.000-08:00

Woven Static

Digitally printed fabric
wax
about 30" x 50"
Detail:Detail:

Hand dyed and painted silk
A study of questions and memories surrounding race (importance or lack of importance)
about 20" x 20"
Detail:

Detail:

11 color, hand painted gouche floral
40" x 30"

Detail:

Detail while in progress:

dewey days

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finals week.

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marks i make

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Portrait of a lazy day

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Fall stuff

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Texture Prints.

... and from those marks

2008-11-02T17:38:00.000-08:00

Different Views

Digital Collage

36" x 36"

let these words speak to me

Digital Collage

36" x 36"

Shatter

Digital Collage

36" x 36"

marks left

2008-11-02T15:51:00.000-08:00

fall thoughts

2008-10-24T09:27:00.000-07:00

Neumann College - Opening on October 8th 6pm to 8pm

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about and around

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Current work

2008-09-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

The seven images below are digital collages I'm playing around with:

This is a 5-point floral print, hand painted in gouche, inspired by lichen that I'm finishing.

A detail of the work.

These three images are a series of digital collage studies I am working on currently.

A study on the marks we make (paper)

Also part of my studies in mark making (paper, acrylic gel medium)

Minneapolis recap

2008-08-29T13:49:00.000-07:00

Things of inspiration

2008-07-16T15:59:00.000-07:00

Wallpaper?

by Emma Hack

New concepts for agriculture in Manhattan

Vertical Farms

This dress is washable and you can create your own patterns and color ways each time you insert the markers. I think I found this image on designboom.com

Human Mirror

Nest on a Skyscraper

Minneapolis 3 weeks in

2008-07-06T15:47:00.000-07:00

Things really haven't stopped since I've been here. Minneapolis feels like its full of possibilities and positivity for me. I'm starting to get the hang of the area, although the city's road system is a mess, I'm stumbling my way through. My favorite parts include:

- the radio station 89.3

- discovering www.pandora.com and being able to listen while I work

- Target everything... especially my intern project. its amazing.

- the lakes (even if some are more like ponds...)

- the WEATHER! barely any humidity and generally very sunny and warm

- the architecture

- the music scene and high activity level all around the city (City Pages rocks)

- how easy it is to walk everywhere because its flat.

I know there's more, but for now, thats all that comes to mind. Here are some pictures of Minneapolis:

Uptown - Minneapolis, MN

Uptown - Minneapolis

Uptown - Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN

"Taste of Minnesota"

Lake Minnetonka, MN

Minneapolis, MN

Stillwater, MN

The view from my desk area, Minneapolis

My building, Minneapolis

Driving by Minneapolis

Uptown - Minneapolis, MN

Travel Fellowship : San Diego

2008-06-05T22:38:00.000-07:00

Travel Fellowship : San Simeon & Los Angeles

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Travel Fellowship : Big Sur, Ca

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Travel Fellowship : Yosemite & Mariposa

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Travel Fellowship : Driving through California Country

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Travel Fellowship : Sonoma & Shasta Lakes

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Travel Fellowship : San Francisco

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Final Junior Projects

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These are variations of the same two screen silk screen print based on city life. The above version is on silk with an activated dye background. The below version is a neon/acid green satin with both screens and hand painting on top.

This colorway was inspired by the concrete sidewalks. Two screens with hand painting.

This colorway is a neon pink version that vibrates visually.

This was a McDonalds version.

And these are my City Fabulous purple satin, gold and silver printed pillows with hand appliqued rhinestones.

This was my final project for Woven 2. The concept revolved around my frustration with the economy and evolved to this. It is about 25" x 23". Cotton, hand dyed, double weave xaoca and pick-up.

Details:

A Night of Many Blessings (4-11-08)

2008-05-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

On April 11th, a great deal of wonderful things came into my life. I've been very busy planning and working on finals so I haven't had time to blog about them. But now, a few days before I leave for California, I am catching up.

The Finn-Storey family created a new scholarship in honor of their late daughter Cathrine who also studied Textile Design at Moore. My department selected me to be the first recipient of this scholarship. Words can not describe how thankful I am for this endowment, especially at time of such economic stress.

Too add to my blessings this night, I also won the Sarah Peter Travel Fellowship for my California Proposal and my exhibit featuring 11 photographs and 3 textile prints.

Lisa Imperial and I were two of the four award recipients that night.

So, on Wednesday May 21st I head out to California for two weeks to explore the terrain and learn about a new coast. I will be visiting San Francisco, the Shasta Lakes, Yosemite, Big Sur, Los Angels, and San Diego. I intend to pass through most of California and stay in key sites of different settings with dramatic landscape and urban culture. I can not wait to see where all of this research will take me.

Contrast Pocket Progress (or Rauschenberg + Plaid + Inner Turmoil)

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Timothea Canny

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This is a silk screening project my classmate Timmi is working on. She is amazing. (view her blog on my favorites)

City Fabulous

2008-05-01T16:50:00.000-07:00

Monday was such a dreary day in Philly.

This is the same graffiti print I've been working on, but in a completely different color-way. This color-way was inspired by the pavement I walk on every day. I plan to go back into the print and hand paint some of the shapes to look like stones.

This is my purple satin city-fabulous version. The small shapes are printed with silver pigment and the graffiti is in gold. I had a lot of fun pretending this was a cape when I was done printing it.

Graffiti print

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Textile Room finds

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Bright Philly & Screen Printing

2008-04-03T20:01:00.001-07:00

This was such a beautiful day to be in Philadelphia. Spring has sprung.

These are all prints that I made from a photography. They are all based off the same screen print, but some of the patterns have activated backgrounds.

A detail of that one:
A sheer light green silk printed with two color dye, unregistered.
A two layered print - off-white on white - cotton, shibori-ed silk

Similar, white on gray shibori-ed silk
A detail of that print:

Another color-way, this time turned upside down. It creates a completely different feeling.

A bright color-way:
A detail:

Fellowship Show and City

2008-03-31T16:13:00.001-07:00

EXCITING DAY!

2008-03-25T20:53:00.000-07:00

I have some great news to share-

To start, my family is adding a new member come July and I will be an Aunt once more! Hooray!

Secondly, starting Thursday March 28th and running until April 12th I am showing in an exhibit in the Goldie Paley Gallery at Moore College of Art & Design. The show includes eleven of my photographs and three photography-inspired print designs. The exhibition is part of a Junior Travel Fellowship competition. I will learn on April 11th if I receive funding to travel across northern California this summer. If you will be in the area and would like to know more information about the show, please let me know.

Lastly, I just received confirmation that I will be assisting the designers in the bedding department at Target this summer in Minneapolis for a ten-week paid internship! I am very excited for this opportunity and the chance to live in a brand new city for a few months!

So for those of you who regularly hear or see me, this might explain so of why I have been missing in action as of late.

Six and Screen Print

2008-03-23T20:45:00.001-07:00

My nieces turned 6 and I screen printed shirts for them. :)

Screen printing and woven samples.

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Woven samples are inspired by Ralph Rucci.

A Basement Gallery in Queens

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Just imagine the sound of ten or so vacums buzzing as you watch this. That's what it sounded like.

Rucci Weavings and a Day in Queens

2008-03-15T22:40:00.000-07:00

The first three images are of a semi-transparent block double weave I am working on that is inspired By Ralph Rucci. The rest of the photos are from a day in Queens where we visited PS1's W.A.C.K. exhibit, a sculpture center, the most amazing graffiti building I've ever seen and some more fun sites.

Austin TX

2008-03-10T22:37:00.000-07:00

On the way to Austin from Wichita Falls, I discovered the quaintest little rest stop. While in Austin, I really enjoyed exploring the quirky city- finding amazing thrift shops, great street art, some bohemian vagabonds with dogs, and fun a nightlife. The last photo is from the plane ride home where it seemed like the darkness was eating the sunset. Later that night I saw sideways rain. :)

Yur OK, Oklahoma

2008-03-05T14:56:00.000-08:00

Monday we ventured in to Lawton Oklahoma, but allong the way we traveled to the top of Mt. Scott and observed some Bison, Long Horn, and wild pigs that were striped all different colors! The landscape was breath taking. Then for dinner we stopped by Meers, a local hot spot where the burgers are as large as a person's face!