Detail View: CVPA Student Collection: 2006

resource_ID: 
Rooting
resource_ID: 
Rooting-detail
artist_name: 
Akai , Miyuki
artist_variant_name: 
Miyuki Akai
artist_nationality: 
Japanese
UMassD_CVPA_degree: 
MFA - Artisanry
graduation_year: 
2006
area_of_study: 
Sculpture - 3D Studies
additional_acad_degrees: 
Fibers Program, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
additional_acad_degrees: 
Computer Design Studies, Digital Hollywood, Osaka, Japan
additional_acad_degrees: 
BFA in Interior Design Major, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
additional_acad_degrees: 
Textile Major, Seian College of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
medium: 
fabric
medium: 
Yarn
work_title: 
Rooting
technique: 
fiber art
work_date: 
2004
dimensions: 
7'x8'x8'
description: 
Grown out of a ceiling this sculptural installation has long bumpy and organic looking vines emerging from its lit center and dark thick woven curls that form its body. The circular light enables the form to seem active instead of passive without life.
artist_URL: 
https://www.greenjo.org/miyukiakaicook.com
cataloger_name: 
RM
record_date: 
2018/03/05
collection_name: 
CVPA Student & Alumni Collection
type: 
image file
format: 
.tif - tif file
creation_date: 
2018/03/05
upload_date: 
2018/03/05
note: 
CVPA Theses Digitization Preservation Project.
copyright: 
LUNA Collections are for the sole purpose of instruction and study by faculty and students attending University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth Massachusetts. All other purposes are prohibited and require permission from the artist.