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Work from my Bachelor of Fine Art thesis show

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Here I used tampons and pads to spell out "Women" through binary code. The tampons and pads are ceramic. My father made the pedestal, and a student of mine made the red velvet pillow. This piece took the most time and care to make. It definitely had a presence in the show.

I had some negative comments from shorter people saying they didn't like how they couldn't see the top of the piece very well. I told them I almost decided to make this piece so tall that no one could really see the top clearly. However, I'm not that kind of artist. The idea is that we men can put women so high up on a pedestal, so I liked that it was difficult to view.

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In this line of work, using everyday objects as text, I wrote out concepts which I have struggled to grasp in binary code. I chose binary code because of its simple yet complex characteristics. In binary code, you either have a “1” or a “0”. It’s simply one or the other. However, when put together in a sequence they can represent characters which form words used for communication. Everything input into a computer has to be filtered through binary code. I compared this to the way people think. Everything I feel is brought into me through a language that I understand. The objects I choose may or may not make sense to everyone because it is the mental connection I make when I relate difficult concepts to my tangible, physical world. The viewer may be able to draw the same connections I do, or to their own ideas. These pieces also work as hieroglyphs in that sense, giving this body of work a bilingual quality that I enjoy.

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:iconlisaluera:
I love when people are able to make clay look like something soft. This is a very cool piece. Did you slip cast them or were they completely hand built?

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Lisa Luera

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:iconrebootmaster2001:
I did no slip casting with this series. This piece was one of longest to make.

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:iconlisaluera:
That's awesome. Makes me like it even more.

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Lisa Luera

LLueraWare
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Thanks!

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I didn't have internet access from June to August.

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:iconwingedsonar:
O_O D : I don't want to be a woman anymore! Get this filthy uterus out of me!!
:iconrebootmaster2001:
LOL! I guess the scene here is rather overwhelming to look at.

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:iconwingedsonar:
Defined by a feminine diaper strip. Yeah, it's overwhelming. O_O

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June 7, 2009
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May 13, 2008, 10:28:01 AM

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