Every summer FiberScene reserves this space for recent MFA graduates. This summer's artists are: Debbie Baskerville, Jude Graveson, Mayumi Hamanaka, Emily Stewart and Kuniko Sasaki.

Debbie Baskerville's (UC Davis) work "explores the complex interactions between earthly and human nature." She digitally prints photographic imagery onto cloth, following the ancient practice of incorporating new technology in the continuation of traditional clothing production.

Jude Graveson's (Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, NZ) current works "reflect her fascination with the human mind, and its filtering and thinking mechanism." She surprises us with the transparent, ethereal quality of
gut that contradicts our perception of surfaces derived from animal innards.

Mayumi Hamanaka (California College of the Arts) examines the loss of individuality by looking at the collective whole. Comfortable in a variety of mediums, her most recent work uses the iconoclastic camouflage pattern to illustrate the loss of individuality.

Emily Stewart (Arizona State University, now resides in the Bay Area) creates maps alluding to places she has called home. Using hand-dyed cloth, an intimate and familiar material, she symbolizes and prioritizes her recollections of daily life--a sunlit kitchen, a twisted dirt road or the route biked to school each day.

For Kuniko Sasaki (California College of the Arts) paper-making is a meditative, sensual process in which she combines "the contemporary art styles and metaphors in Asian philosophies." Her screens and enormous installations convey both the delicacy and resilience of the medium.

FiberScene.com supports up and coming artists through its summer Graduate Show. If you are planning to graduate in 2005, we encourage you to submit your work. For a complete listing of Bay Area Fiber programs, refer to our Resource Page. Contact us at mgblock@fiberscene.com