“Wanderers” senior thesis exhibit at Pacific University

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Posted on April 27, 2016June 25, 2017 · Categories Exhibits, Sculpture, Wanderers

Wanderers interactive art installation by Emily Miller

My thesis project in the 2016 Pacific University senior art exhibition, interconnected, will be on exhibit in the Cawein Gallery April 27 – May 21, 2016. The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday from 1-5pm and is located in Forest Grove, outside Portland, Oregon. My project, “Wanderers,” is an interactive installation centered on the joy of exploring unknown worlds.

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A few of my favorite things ~ low tide magic ✨ After the velella velella started washing up on my way back from the waterfall cascading into the ocean, I started hearing Julie Andrews spinning around and singing 🎶 I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feeeeel sooooo baaaaaaaaaaad 🙇‍♀️ Yes I hauled that solid iron crab trap up the 100-stair trail to my car. Yes it fit into my car with zero inches to spare. Yes it's coming to my next Ghost Net Landscape workshop 💙🦀💙
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A few of my favorite things ~ low tide magic ✨ After the velella velella started washing up on my way back from the waterfall cascading into the ocean, I started hearing Julie Andrews spinning around and singing 🎶 I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feeeeel sooooo baaaaaaaaaaad 🙇‍♀️ Yes I hauled that solid iron crab trap up the 100-stair trail to my car. Yes it fit into my car with zero inches to spare. Yes it's coming to my next Ghost Net Landscape workshop 💙🦀💙 . . . #tillamookcoast #oregoncoast #tillamook #beachday #northwestisbest #pnwonderland #lowtide #tidepooling #tidepools #starfish #velella #velellavelella #capemeares

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Triple Neck Colony
10.5" diameter x 27" high
Reclaimed fishing rope, hardware cloth, thread
2020 / 2024

Now available at @artelements in Newberg OR

Newly updated with a hand-tied bright orange fringe inside the three necks of this tall basket. I love adding hidden surprises in my baskets - if you're curious enough to peek inside, you deserve a reward 🍬🧡🍊💥

The bright orange ghost net comes from @surfriderkauai, an endless source of materials and inspiration. The softer orange, yellow, and striped ropes come from responsibly recycled Westport WA commercial crab fisheries.

Photo 3 📷 @bingyi.spurlock 🙏
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#pdxartist #oceanplastic #fishingrope

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Triple Neck Colony 10.5" diameter x 27" high Reclaimed fishing rope, hardware cloth, thread 2020 / 2024 Now available at @artelements in Newberg OR Newly updated with a hand-tied bright orange fringe inside the three necks of this tall basket. I love adding hidden surprises in my baskets - if you're curious enough to peek inside, you deserve a reward 🍬🧡🍊💥 The bright orange ghost net comes from @surfriderkauai, an endless source of materials and inspiration. The softer orange, yellow, and striped ropes come from responsibly recycled Westport WA commercial crab fisheries. Photo 3 📷 @bingyi.spurlock 🙏 . . . #ghostnetart #reclaimedmaterials #ghostnetbaskets #recycledart #contemporarysculpture #fiberart #basketry #portlandartist #oregonartist #pdxartist #oceanplastic #fishingrope

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Stonefoot Basket
9" x 9" x 5"
Maine coast lobster fishing rope, thread, beach stones
2022 / 2024

I started this basket during my 2022 residency @haystack_school on Deer Isle, Maine, using locally reclaimed lobster-pot rope and beach stones. Then it sat, with the stones in place but unsecured, for 18 months, until I finally figured out the mechanics of permanently attaching the stones to the basket. Each stone is wrapped, stitched, and glued, so it stays in place but remains flexible and moveable, like little urchin feet.

Stonefoot Basket is included in Columbia Basin Basketry Guild's group show "Baskets, Naturally" on view now at Multnomah Arts Center @macapdx thru June 15.
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Stonefoot Basket 9" x 9" x 5" Maine coast lobster fishing rope, thread, beach stones 2022 / 2024 I started this basket during my 2022 residency @haystack_school on Deer Isle, Maine, using locally reclaimed lobster-pot rope and beach stones. Then it sat, with the stones in place but unsecured, for 18 months, until I finally figured out the mechanics of permanently attaching the stones to the basket. Each stone is wrapped, stitched, and glued, so it stays in place but remains flexible and moveable, like little urchin feet. Stonefoot Basket is included in Columbia Basin Basketry Guild's group show "Baskets, Naturally" on view now at Multnomah Arts Center @macapdx thru June 15. . . . #ghostnetart #reclaimedmaterials #ghostnetbaskets #recycledart #contemporarysculpture #fiberart #basketry #portlandartist #oregonartist #pdxartist #oceanplastic #fishingrope

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Big thanks to @fiveoaksmuseum and everyone who came to play in the Ghost Net Landscape popup last weekend! It was so much fun to see all your visions come to life 💙🐟🐠🐙🌊 . . . #ghostnetlandscape #ghostnetart #oceanplastic #recycledart #reclaimedmaterials #ghostnet #fishingrope #fishingnet #contemporarysculpture #trashart #communityart #socialpractice #portlandartist #oregonartist #pdxartist #fiberart

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Join me this Saturday March 2 at @fiveoaksmuseum for a 1-hour popup of Ghost Net Landscape! 11am-12pm, free registration required (link in bio). Create your own unique fish out of reclaimed fishing rope! Free museum admission included. . . . #ghostnetlandscape #ghostnet #ghostnetart #reclaimedmaterials #recycledart #communityart #oceanplastic #fishingrope #fishingnet #oregonartist #portlandartist #pdxartist

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Stonington Opera House Winter Sunset, 11x14" watercolor. I painted this for myself, missing Deer Isle and my grandparents during this winter season. I took the reference photo at Thanksgiving, years ago, during the first snows of the year. I remember rushing out into the snow as we gathered for dinner, the sunset was blazing golden on the water and the snow was sparkling, and I had to take photos before it faded. (Family was literal seconds away from eating without me when I raced back inside, hah!) This feels like an unusually "sweet" painting for me, but it was just exactly what I wanted. This place, to me, is absolute magic. And sometimes ya just want glowing lights, safe harbor, and the perfect hush of fresh snow.
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#deerisle #deerislemaine #stoningtonmaine #stoningtonharbor #stoningtonoperahouse #downeastmaine #winterwonderland #wintersunset #maine #paintingoftheday #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorart #watercolorartist

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Stonington Opera House Winter Sunset, 11x14" watercolor. I painted this for myself, missing Deer Isle and my grandparents during this winter season. I took the reference photo at Thanksgiving, years ago, during the first snows of the year. I remember rushing out into the snow as we gathered for dinner, the sunset was blazing golden on the water and the snow was sparkling, and I had to take photos before it faded. (Family was literal seconds away from eating without me when I raced back inside, hah!) This feels like an unusually "sweet" painting for me, but it was just exactly what I wanted. This place, to me, is absolute magic. And sometimes ya just want glowing lights, safe harbor, and the perfect hush of fresh snow. . . . #deerisle #deerislemaine #stoningtonmaine #stoningtonharbor #stoningtonoperahouse #downeastmaine #winterwonderland #wintersunset #maine #paintingoftheday #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorart #watercolorartist

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Wishing you a warm and cozy New Year season 🐾
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Wishing you a warm and cozy New Year season 🐾 . . . #catlife #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #watercolorart #watercolorartist #aquarelle #catpainting #tabbycat #oregonartist #pdxartist #portlandartist #paintingoftheday #cozy

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Protea wreaths have always been grownup goals for me. As I still haven't achieved that level of adulting in Real Life, I decided to paint one instead. Metallic gold paint adds some holiday sparkle ~ a bit of extra light for your Solstice.
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#protea #proteaflower #proteawreath #hawaiianchristmas #watercolor #watercolorartist #watercolorart #aquarelle #paintingoftheday #solstice

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Protea wreaths have always been grownup goals for me. As I still haven't achieved that level of adulting in Real Life, I decided to paint one instead. Metallic gold paint adds some holiday sparkle ~ a bit of extra light for your Solstice. . . . #protea #proteaflower #proteawreath #hawaiianchristmas #watercolor #watercolorartist #watercolorart #aquarelle #paintingoftheday #solstice

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Haystack Beach, watercolor, 9" x 7". Summer 2022 / Winter 2023. Granite boulders at the edge of the iconic sand beach at @haystack_school in Deer Isle, Maine. I sat here and sketched this scene last summer during Haystack's Open Studio Residency. Today I finally felt inspired to finish up the piece, a year and a half later. Things are still taking me more time - much more time, sometimes. My time at Haystack was a beautiful and complicated journey that I haven't been able to re-visit and process much yet.

This week would have been my grandmother's 97th birthday. It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 years since she died. Strange that my time at Haystack was 18 months ago. Although my work there was centered on her death, in truth it was about her lifelong love of this place, in all its wildness. Looking through my residency photos to find a reference to finish this painting, I see so much vibrancy, joy, and life. I am glad to know it.

My grandmother was a private, sensitive, and perceptive person, often a prickly person, and Deer Isle people were the ones she trusted to hold her in community, through life and into death. She and my grandfather are buried here, less than two miles from this beach. I am glad to know it.
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#deerislemaine #downeastmaine #haystackmountainschoolofcrafts #haystackschool #haystackmountain #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolorart #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist #landscapepainting #griefprocess

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Haystack Beach, watercolor, 9" x 7". Summer 2022 / Winter 2023. Granite boulders at the edge of the iconic sand beach at @haystack_school in Deer Isle, Maine. I sat here and sketched this scene last summer during Haystack's Open Studio Residency. Today I finally felt inspired to finish up the piece, a year and a half later. Things are still taking me more time - much more time, sometimes. My time at Haystack was a beautiful and complicated journey that I haven't been able to re-visit and process much yet. This week would have been my grandmother's 97th birthday. It's hard to believe it's been almost 3 years since she died. Strange that my time at Haystack was 18 months ago. Although my work there was centered on her death, in truth it was about her lifelong love of this place, in all its wildness. Looking through my residency photos to find a reference to finish this painting, I see so much vibrancy, joy, and life. I am glad to know it. My grandmother was a private, sensitive, and perceptive person, often a prickly person, and Deer Isle people were the ones she trusted to hold her in community, through life and into death. She and my grandfather are buried here, less than two miles from this beach. I am glad to know it. . . . #deerislemaine #downeastmaine #haystackmountainschoolofcrafts #haystackschool #haystackmountain #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolorart #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist #landscapepainting #griefprocess

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Sky Feathers at Three Arch Rocks 🪶 🌬 11" x 14" plein air watercolor at Oceanside Beach, on the Tillamook coast. There's some sparkly metallic gold paint in the sky and sand ~ I never thought I'd be a sparkle person, but here we are ✨🖤🪄🦇🤘
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Sky Feathers at Three Arch Rocks 🪶 🌬 11" x 14" plein air watercolor at Oceanside Beach, on the Tillamook coast. There's some sparkly metallic gold paint in the sky and sand ~ I never thought I'd be a sparkle person, but here we are ✨🖤🪄🦇🤘 . . . #pleinairwatercolor #pleinairpainting #pleinair #allaprima #oregoncoast #pleinairpainter #watercolor #aquarelle #beachday #oregonartist #portlandartist #pdxartist #oceansideoregon #threearchrocks #tillamook #netarts #tillamookcoast

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