Diversity Banners

 

Personal Banner Research 

Aiko Hachisuka 

Makes her sculptures out of old thrifted clothes.

Noah Scalin

Noah creates portraits using old clothes that have been carefully laid out on the ground. Behind the artwork rests hundreds of untold stories about the garments: who made them, who wore them and more.

Reflection Statement

The banner titled "Tied Up" was inspired by the artists Noah and Aiko, their idea to create art with old pieces of clothing that were going to be thrown away really stood out to me. My intent was to visually communicate that anything can become art and to push the idea of being sustainable. I wanted to focus on creating a masculine work of art. I decided to include old ties, a button-down shirt, and pieces of a suit. This piece allowed me to explore the beauty of reusing objects and items that most people would never think to use to create art and to repurpose it into something worth looking at.