Greetings Summer II Sculpture Students: I am really excited to meet all of you and get to know you over the upcoming years as your TA. I have prepared a short slideshow about my work and life to introduce myself and work to you. My work has a few common themes: it typically starts from a narrative about my personal experience. You'll see work based around my dating experience, feelings of loneliness during my service as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and about homesickness. While these all sound like negative themes, I try to create a twist of humor and a splash of beauty to my work to make fun of myself and add lightheartedness to my situation(s). I typically gravitate toward using insects as the subject of my illustrations and sculptures. For my illustration series, "Crush," the bugs represented my feelings about dating by comparing my experience to the absurd fear humans (and myself) have of these tiny creatures. In "Moth's Wings" I use scale to create abstract sculptures based off of the microscopic view of a moth's wing. These sculptures are then suspended and caught in an intricate web. I try to utilize all repurposed and recycled materials in my sculptures. When I display my paintings I repurpose frames that are donated to me or bought at second-hand stores, giving a second life to the display. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog post or email me at [email protected]. I am always available to brainstorm and critique work or answer general questions. Kind regards, Jahni
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Jahni Ittelis an artist residing in Tbilisi, Georgia after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She has a BA in Studio Art from Hanover College (2011), She is available for custom portraits, murals, invitation design, and other art projects. Archives
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