Jimmy Mezei

Pine Trap
20” x 22”
2/3
Hand made collapsible douglas Fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle




Forest Freckles
20” x 22”
2/3
Hand made collapsible douglas fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle




Quarry
20” x 22”
1/3
Hand made collapsible douglas fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle




Hen of the Woods
20” x 22”
1/3
Hand made collapsible douglas fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle




Lichen
25” x 22”
1/3
Hand made collapsible douglas Fir hanging form,
100% cotton chain-stitched on linen,
with waxed twine and cedar toggle



Clam Bake
20" x 20"
Chainstitch embroidery on linen




Front and Follow
20" x 20"
Chainstitch embroidery on cottton





Quality Produce / Produce Quality
35" x 35"
100% silk hand-printed with acid dyes



Four Color Process Test 
10" x 10"
100% silk hand-printed with acid dyes

Build 003
initial installation in my studio

This project is a tool for tactile installations. Conceived as a modular sculpture system, Go Figure is able to adapt to any space. It operates primarily as a dimensional drawing device (an easy-to-build system of wood and custom metal brackets that a person or group can use to draw in space). This work is my way of using the varied processes I’m drawn to and influenced by to build spaces and objects that play with motifs—from domestic space to construction site—intertwining historically gendered materials, luxury and lowbrow items, to confuse and question our established associations. With its DIY nature and the transparency of its construction, this piece is an invitation. Its bones are a tool for collaboration (as seen in the video below).

The challenge of making physical work within the space available in New York City and an interest in the idea of a democratic form, led this project to be as malleable as possible. Although the aesthetics call on commercially produced goods, the contents were all hand made. From the wood braces—laminated, shaped, painted and waxed—to the quilted tarps, hand-printed silk textiles, and varied panels. The work is not meant to be reproduced—it's meant to grow. It’s still very much in progress and will continue to evolve.

My thesis presentation is below, along with an extended look at the collaborative building process. 

Collaborators:

Video - Juan Bravo
Music - Nate Appel
Quilting -  Elizabeth Miklejohn
3D Modeling - Chester Dols
Builders (in the video)  - Daniel Arturo Almeida,
Chester Dols, Nell Jocelyn,Hannah Jocelyn,
Lexie Kline, Jamie Mcintosh, and Weston Rivel

Three custom powder-coated steel brackets, in multiple formations

Build 002

Loose Cannon - 001

This project is the first of an experimental press, focusing on editions in which the recipient is an active collaborator in the final piece. It's an installation you build, share, and can fit in your pocket. The first edition is a sampling of patterns, pieces of collage, gestures, and forms that I developed, then risographed and laser cut on multi-colored stock. 

With this first edition I was interested in the open-ended nature of the idea and just wanted to see what the results might be. I'm excited to work with and publish other artists’ work for upcoming editions.

Follow along :
Loose Cannon Editions

Loose Cannon - 001 contents

Loose Cannon Installation - 001

Pop up build by Yawen Erin Huang

Kellen Hatanaka 

Arantxa Ximena Rodriguez

Plumb Line
Fiberglass reinforced plastic, OSB plywood,
rubberized rope over steel armature, 2 led camp lights

Crumple Zone, a name that refers to the area on a car designed specifically for collisions. This body of work saw my studio as a site for experimentation and had me move out of a mainly two-dimensional practice. The resulting work came out of throwing my immmediate influences up against each other. 

Rumble Strips
48” x 27”
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic, OSB plywood, Jcloth, Oil on cardboard,
Enamel on vacuum formed plastic, in aluminum light-box

Crumple Zone
Installation view and details

Tom and Soda
12" x  9"
Watercolor on paper

Blinds Cinched Too High on One Side
6" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Loft Lamp
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Salon Wall
9" x 9.75"
Watercolor on paper

Summer Snack
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Maine
6" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Fort Defiance
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Kings County
9" x 6"
Watercolor on paper

Stuck Pear on a Tin Plate
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Louis’ Lands End
9.75" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Starline Social Club
10" x 14"
Watercolor on paper

Summer Snack no. 2
12" x 9"
Watercolor on paper

Good Lookin Pair
9" x 12"
Watercolor on paper

The Loft
9" x 12"
Watercolor on paper

Robert's Chair
9" x 6"
Watercolor on paper

Chair With Blanket
6"X9"
Watercolor on paper

Bathroom
7" x 9.25"
Watercolor on paper

Shelter Island Porch
12" x 17"
Watercolor on paper