COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
Collection
true
resource_ID:
2015nheyl_001, 2015nheyl_002, 2015nheyl_003
resource_id
2015nheyl_001, 2015nheyl_002, 2015nheyl_003
resource_ID
false
artist_name:
Heyl, Nick
student_last_name
Heyl, Nick
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
Nick Heyl
student_first_name
Nick Heyl
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
Russian
student_nationality
Russian
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1988
student_vital_dates
1988
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Artisanry
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Artisanry
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2015
mfa_graduation_year
2015
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Metals - Jewelry
area_of_study
Metals - Jewelry
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
East Carolina University
academic_degree
East Carolina University
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
silver, steel, glass, magnets
medium
silver, steel, glass, magnets
medium
false
work_title:
Artifice: Handholding Device
work_title
Artifice: Handholding Device
work_title
false
technique:
hot and hold fabrication
technique
hot and hold fabrication
technique
false
work_date:
2015
work_date
2015
work_date
false
dimensions:
4 x 14 x 4
dimensions
4 x 14 x 4
dimensions
false
description:
The contrary thoughts or emotions I have regarding intimate interaction and relationships are evident in my piece Artifice: Handholding Device, a double-ended handholding object capable of both contracting and expanding. Suspended in the middle of this device is a glass sphere filled with steel dust particles, which is held in place by four magnetic components set in four silver tubes. Initially this piece would appear to be holding or perhaps even protecting the small, fragile sphere, however, as soon as the two sides of the piece begin to compress towards each other, the components holding the sphere begin to move away from it, the more the users compress their hands, the closer the sphere comes to falling and inevitably, shattering.
description
The contrary thoughts or emotions I have regarding intimate interaction and relationships are evident in my piece Artifice: Handholding Device, a double-ended handholding object capable of both contracting and expanding. Suspended in the middle of this device is a glass sphere filled with steel dust particles, which is held in place by four magnetic components set in four silver tubes. Initially this piece would appear to be holding or perhaps even protecting the small, fragile sphere, however, as soon as the two sides of the piece begin to compress towards each other, the components holding the sphere begin to move away from it, the more the users compress their hands, the closer the sphere comes to falling and inevitably, shattering.
description
false