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Blue Timbers


Quilt
101”x91”
100% cotton quilt top with chain stitched details on flannel backing

Blue Timbers is a quilt made up of abstracted forms, and sewn to accentuate those shapes. The forms were pulled from observational drawings made upstate, near Pine Plains.
Created with a friend in mind, the piece composes these forms in order to evoke the feeling of being at her place in the woods.



 



























Textiles




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









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Highway Hypnosis


Quilt
73” x 83.5”
100% cotton quilt top, with chain stitched details and flannel backing.

Last summer and fall had me on the road more than usual— for work, and for a few weddings.
This piece came out of those hours near the end of a long haul when the road becomes a series of shapes melting into each another.


 
  























Textiles




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









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Textiles




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









View of Go Figure (a tool for tactile installations) seen as initially installed in Jimmy Mezei's studio


Build 003
initial installation in my studio


Go Figure

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





Fusion 360 drawing of custom brackets by Jimmy Mezei.

Three custom powder-coated steel brackets, in multiple formations
Fusion 360 model of the brackets

1st cart build with Go Figure, a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei 2nd cart build with Go Figure, a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei 1st collaborative build with Go Figure, a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei




Cart build 001
Build 001 (top right)
Cart build 002

Build 002


Go Figure studio installation shot. A modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei. Go Figure detail of printed silk quilted with J cloth. Part of a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei. Go Figure detail of a quilted tarp with geometric blocking. Part of a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei. Go Figure detail of carpet tiles and printed aluminium. Part of a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei. Go Figure as seen in Jimmy Mezei's studio from above, featuring a vacuum formed sign with a back scratcher on it. Go Figure detail showing brightly colored plywood braces. Part of a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei. Go Figure detail showing draping textiles over plywood frames. Part of a modular installation project by Jimmy Mezei.



Loose Cannon - 001



Loose Cannon Editions

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.


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Loose Cannon Editions


Loose Cannon - 001 contents





Loose Cannon Installation - 001



Pop up build by Yawen Erin Huang
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