(Re)Create: a virtual and sustainable art show

The votes are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in the College of Forestry's first sustainable art show. We received incredible artwork from Oregon State faculty, staff, students and community members. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Special thanks to our judging panel: Lauren Rennan (Art Director, CoF), Seri Robinson (Aossicate Professor of Anatomy of Renewable Materials, CoF) and Brandon Trelstad (Sustainability Officer, OSU).

And the winners are..

Best in Show: Wild Gifts, Peri Lee Pipkin

Best Aesthetics: ReClaimed MeanderCaster, Nathan Rutledge Gorman, Alec Dunkeld

Best Design: Expanding Chasm, Vincent Drew

Best Sustainability: Mote, Terralyn Vandetta

People's Choice Awards:

Wearable: Mote, Terralyn Vandetta

Usable: ReClaimed Meandercaster, Nathan Rutledge Gorman and Alec Dunkeld

Recycled: Corona Trash Art, Elizabeth Bruch, Kimberly Bruch, and Oscar Romo

Thematic: Expanding Chasm, Vincent Drew

Zero Dollar: Legacy Bench, Mark Kerstens

Recycled/Upcycled

Art made from materials previously used for another purpose

Title: Soon to be Archaeology
Artist: Vincent Drew
Media Type: Mixed Media Collage
Artist Statement: 'Soon to be Archaeology' is a mixed media collage created by combining materials found on the sidewalks of my neighborhood.

Title: A portrait of an indecisive painter
Artist: Jane Van Zee
Media Type: Paper
Artist Statement: My mom went to Sherwin Williams a billion times while painting the inside and outside of our home. These are just a few of the paint chips that came home with her. I turned the discarded paper into a collage.

Title: Salvage
Artist: Mark Kerstens
Media Type: Wood Art
Artist Statement: This piece is made of salvaged logs from the forest and a discarded pallet.

Title: Walnut Chest
Artist: John Nairn
Media Type: Furniture
Artist Statement: Rather than discarding an unwieldy walnut chest (circa 1880), I recovered its walnut (the top was a solid 18" wide plank) and recycled into a new walnut chest with better scaling. The contrasting side panels were from original...

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Title: Coffee Sack Pillows
Artist: Nathan Ryan
Media Type: Burlap
Artist Statement: I found these burlap coffee sacks in Kansas City at my favorite coffee roasters, the Roasterie. I made them into pillow covers (with the help of my mom and her sewing machine).

Title: Corona Trash Art
Artists: Elizabeth Bruch, Kimberly Bruch, and Oscar Romo
Media Type: Glass and metal sculpture
Artist Statement: Receiving the "Most Creative" award for the UCSD COVID-19 Data Challenge, this piece made from repurposed materials, represents both the biological structure of COVID-19 as...

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Thematic

Art that depicts sustainable themes or imagery

Title: Expanding Chasm
Artist: Vincent Drew
Media Type: Paper Collage and Pencil Drawing
Artist Statement: 'Expanding Chasm' is a collage that eplores our relationship to time, the planet, and outer space

Wearable/Usable

Sustainable art that can be worn or used

Title: 2speed Pack
Artist: Mark Kerstens
Media Type: Textile
Artist Statement: This ultralight backpacking and climbing pack transforms into a waterproof/breathable bivy sack! (a type of 1-person tent) This sustainable piece of art/gear is made of scrap material from other projects and upcycled pieces from...

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Title: Balance
Artist: Jayashree Black-Lazo
Media Type: Upcycled Fabric & Textiles, Photography
Artist Statement: These clothes are about being in balance. I use all upcycyled materials for my clothes sometimes from trash and indigenous patterns in this piece.

Title: ReClaimed Meandercaster
Artists: Nathan Rutledge-Gorman & Alec Dunkeld
Media Type: Woodworking
Artist Statement: Made from salvaged Sapele lumber from large window frames, used Fender Wide Range Humbucker pickups, and vintage styled tuners.

Title: All about the 80's
Artists: Jessica and Alena Fitzmorris
Media Type: Duct tape and a pillowcase
Artist Statement: This 80's inspired Halloween costume was made with duct tape and includes a pleated skirt with a leopard print belt.

Title: Mote
Artist: Terralyn Vandetta
Media Type: Fiber Art - Knit
Artist Statement: This shawl is knit from recycled denim spun into a lace weight yarn. The knit pattern is designed by Sharon Miller.

Zero Dollar

Art created without spending money on materials

Title: Fall Garden Mandala
Artist: Irene Schoppy
Media Type: Organic
Artist Statement: I was inspired by the upcoming frost to create this piece from my harvest.

Title: Synthetic
Artist: Coral Avery
Media Type: Photography
Artist Statement: Plastics are in everything down to the fibers of the clothes we wear, but have also been found in our produce, in snow atop the Himalayas, and even in our organs. Our reliance on plastics is not only suffocating the environment, but...

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Title: Wild Gifts
Artist: Peri Lee Pipkin
Media Type: Wild clay
Artist Statement: I built this ceramic vessel by hand out of wild clay. I'm an aspiring botanist, fascinated by geomorphology and geobotany, and working with wild clay forges a strong connection between me, the land, and the plants I love to...

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Title: Legacy Bench
Artist: Mark Kerstens
Media Type: Wood Art
Artist Statement: The large tree cookies in this piece were from two 150+ year old legacy Douglas Firs that were recently logged. The legs are from an old plum tree in town that was dropped for a sewer repair and the cross bar is Big Leaf Maple...

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