Elyse Shapiro- Studio Update (Oct 26)

In my studio this week, I have been spending a great deal of time carving my stencil. I am working to give each house an individualistic texture and look unique onto its neighbor. Of these homes, I have carved 4 and have 3 to go. After the houses are complete, I am going to carve the areas between them (trees and grass), and then carve the street which parallels the outer layer's imagery.

Here I have began to include imagery of trash and discard of the area surrounding the houses. This imagery will continue between the home and neighbor and will change by location.
This is the only occupied home on the "street," insinuating that not all hope is lost.
Here is another example of the street imagery's initial add-in. This vacant home has bottles and cups on the lawn.

This week, I have also began to work on collecting my materials such as the polyester material, mylar for drawing, metal for lamp structure, color transfer paper, and pigment paints for printing. I have began to create the model for the physical lamp itself, and the following is the diagram I am working on.