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  • Compression. Tension. Suspension
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  • Jonathan Brilliant : On Site
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  • Building a Universe
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  • In Tension.
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  • The Cairns Piece
  • To Weave. To Stack. To Stain.
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  • Sticks, Straws, Sleeves & Lids
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  • Steel Constructions
  • Coffee cups
  • Rust Never Sleeps, 2006
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  • Wire and Wood Constructions
  • Sticks, Straws, Sleeves & Lids

    January 15-February 23, 2010

    Columbia, SC

    Sticks, Straws, Sleeves and Lids:An Installation by Jonathan Brilliant

    January 15-February 23, 2010

    Works

    Sticks-50,000 wooden coffee stir sticks woven in place and held by tension

    Straws-Drinking straws liberated from local coffee shops are inserted one into another to form a meandering line through the gallery walls.

    Sleeves-Coffee cup sleeves are inserted one into another and wedged in place with tension to form a loop from floor to wall to ceiling.

    Lids-Black, Brown, and White coffee cup lids are affixed to the wall in three circles, each with a radiating center pattern.

    Works on Paper
    The Norman Print-Woven Stir Stick Monoprint with embossing
    Sleeve Mandala-Coffee Cup Sleeve collagraph
    The Norman Print-Woven Stir Stick Monoprint with embossing

    Press

    “Sticks Straws Sleeves and Lids Creates beauty from the Mundane”

    “Coffee Stirrer as High Art”, Free Times of Columbia

    “Coffee Art in a Gallery Space” Columbia City Paper

    “Novelty Aside Coffee Shop Art Beautiful” Carolina Culture art blog


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