Alexandra Radocchia Zealand

Like Moths to a Flame (2010)

2010-06-01T18:06:00.000-07:00

Grapefruit pith, wax, nylon thread, beads
2010

Installation in 16'x27'x27' room
Evolve Urban Arts Project

Absence of Flight 3, 2009

2010-04-10T20:34:00.000-07:00

Grape Stems, acrylic, epoxy, mummified bird

GALLERY

2010-01-15T10:40:00.000-08:00

Pith Installations

Addiction Series

Absence of Flight

After Cormac McCarthy's The Road

The Absence of Flight: The Thing with Wings / The Thing with Feathers, 2002-2010

2010-01-15T06:45:00.000-08:00

Grape stems, wax, chicken bones, dresser drawer, picture hanging wire
$400.00
2002-2010

Flock (2009)

2009-06-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

Grapefruit pith, wax, nylon thread, glass beads

6'x3'x2' installation at Artomatic 2009

Anatomy of Addiction

2009-05-13T10:23:00.000-07:00

Anatomy of Addiction: Alex and Christopher at home (2009)
White #4 Home Life coffee filters, Cafe Bustelo coffee, nylon thread, LED rope light
36"x30"x5"

$350

Anatomy of Addiction: Anne at work (2009)
White #2 Melita coffee filters, Starbucks coffee, nylon thread, LED rope light
16"x12"x5"

$250

Anatomy of Addiction: Alex at home (2009)
White #2 Giant brand coffee filters, Cafe Bustelo coffee, nylon thread, LED rope light
42"x20"x5"

$350

3 of 5 coffee filter pieces, created for a two person show titled Surfaces, April 5- May 2, 2009 at the new ArtDC space in Hyattsville, MD.

About the Addiction series

2008-12-10T13:17:00.001-08:00

I started working with coffee filters in 2006, after I left one in my studio coffee pot for several weeks. I'd never bothered to keep a coffee filter around before - usually they're kind of gross and slimy after use, and I'd throw them away immediately, in order to make room for a new one. But this time, when I opened up the coffee pot and found the filter completely dried out - with a high-tide mark from where the grounds had rested, and a brown ring around the lip - the contrast between the paper's translucency and the dried grounds sparked something in my imagination. Right then, I saw the image of a mass of filters hanging in my huge, opaque window, lit from behind by the day light.

So as always happens at the start of a new piece, I started collecting. I saved every cone filter I used at home, and even got my co-workers to save them from our pot at work - I gathered size 2s and 4s, as well as bleached and unbleached filters, whatever I could find. It took six months of saving before I had enough filters to build my first piece, and half that time was spent experimenting with various fixatives (to keep the grounds from continuously shedding) and attachment techniques. I finally settled on tacking the filters together with a needle and thread, instead of sewing every edge - the trickiest part of making my work is always the practical aspect, figuring out how to actually build what I've imagined.

At this point, I have created three coffee filter pieces - a small wall-hanging piece, a set of 3 relatively-spherical objects, and a 5' wide wall piece, which was created specifically for Artomatic in 2008.

Addiction, part 3 (2008)

2008-12-09T21:15:00.001-08:00

#2 and #4 coffee filters, coffee grounds, nylong thread, acrylic medium, LED rope light

5'x5'x6"

Sold

About the Addiction series.

Addiction/Infestation, 2008

2008-12-09T21:09:00.001-08:00

#2 and #4 coffee filters, coffee grounds, nylon thread, acrylic medium

24"x26"x26"

$250 - 300 each

About the Addiction series.

The Transformed Book Project

2008-12-09T18:05:00.000-08:00

Cormac McCarthy's The Road, an altered book, 2008
Withdrawn library book, burnt matches
$350

Lisa See's Dragon Bones, an altered book, 2008
Withdrawn library book, resin
10"x15"x2"
$350

After Cormac McCarthy's The Road, 2008

2008-12-09T17:32:00.001-08:00

Matches, acrylic medium
10"x2"
Sold

See Cormac McCarthy's The Road, an altered book

All my friends have addictions (addiction 1), 2007

2008-12-09T17:28:00.000-08:00

#2 and #4 cone coffee filters, coffee grounds, nylon thread, lights
3'x22"x6"

Sold

About the Addiction series.

Absence of Flight 1, 2008

2008-12-09T17:24:00.001-08:00

Grape stems, wax, epoxy, mummified bird
26"x26"x26"
$650

Absence of Flight 2, 2008

2008-12-09T17:08:00.000-08:00

Grape stems, wood cartridge box, mummified bird, nylon string
3'x20"x20"
$750