Grad Show 22

Alexis Tingey

The Sky is Falling

The ceiling would fall apart in my childhood home, it was an old house. Occasionally a piece of ceiling would clomp down on my head. In these moments, I would pause, and close my eyes until an image of some fabulous, beautiful interior came into my mind, and then I would open my eyes and continue. Sometimes to escape a falling ceiling, I would find respite in my first ideal sitting spot, a post on our back fence; I would sit with the sky and think. Looking back, I believe these are the moments where I caught glimpses of the future. It is where I began an intentional practice of daydreaming and seeing daydreaming as an integral part of the built environment. My work is charged with present moment awareness, both unpredictable and still. It questions permanence and seeks belonging, embracing human existence in an ever-fluctuating world.

A linen hammock, hand pleated, fragments of weighted memories held in a tapestry.

Don't Remind Me

Printed Linen

4.5'x7.5'

2022

Pieces of my past that make me want to bolt, hide them away and never confront. Relentless memories Printed out on a tapestry, confessions unspoken and spoken. Some deep secrets. Let me bury you somewhere far from me, severing our relationship, Baptism removing my past, I am new. This is an almost impossible daydream.

Instead of entangling myself in the anxieties, weighted down by real fear, real heart break, a black hole of confusion. I will bask on them, use them and their real nature to be my spot to sit with the sky. Fly away fear, I laugh at you, your bright vibrant colored memories no longer blinding. I will sit within the green cathedral and bask in the sunlight worry free, or at least less worried then before. Don’t remind me is my response while I drink my iced tea and work on my tan. I know you are there but I care less about you then before. I am outgrowing you slowly and making room for warmth in my mind. Blissful set aside. I know you are somewhat permanent but I am learning to adjust and adapt making you less prominent then before. Bruised clouds fall away making space for blue skys. Let this be what happens in my mind.

A flat, narrow base with supporting columns at either end, holding in the center a suspended hammock made to specifically cradle and offer belonging to the user. Don't Remind me is meant to offer psychological relief as well as physical comfort, gently speaking to the basic human need for balance.

Don't Remind Me

Linen Hammock, Steel Frame, Patina Finish

7.5'x 42"

2022

Don’t Remind Me Pieces of my past that make me want to bolt, hide them away and never confront. Relentless memories Printed out on a tapestry, confessions unspoken and spoken. Some deep secrets. Let me bury you somewhere far from me, severing our relationship, Baptism removing my past, I am new. This is an almost impossible daydream. Instead of entangling myself in the anxieties, weighted down by real fear, real heart break, a black hole of confusion. I will bask on them, use them and their real nature to be my spot to sit with the sky. Fly away fear, I laugh at you, your bright vibrant colored memories no longer blinding. I will sit within the green cathedral and bask in the sunlight worry free, or at least less worried then before. Don’t remind me is my response while I drink my iced tea and work on my tan. I know you are there but I care less about you then before. I am outgrowing you slowly and making room for warmth in my mind. Blissful set aside. I know you are somewhat permanent but I am learning to adjust and adapt making you less prominent then before. Bruised clouds fall away making space for blue skys. Let this be what happens in my mind.

The Swan coffee table is composed of two curvilinear stone segments with an elegant length of solid antique bronze interwoven between them.

Swan Table

Stone, Bronze

H: 16" W:40" D:28"

2021

A technical drawing of movement extruded. A gentile line created by a day with two swans. This piece was designed by me and brought into the 3d realm in collaboration with Demuro Das.

The bodies of these lamps are hollow body steel forms, cut and welded by hand. They are lit using an LED Light within the body, providing a soft glow that illuminates from the form and is dimmable by touch.

Ripple Floor Lamp 01 02

Steel, Patina, Laquer, LED

[01]- H:4' W:4' D: 4-1/2" [02] H:5'-6" W:2' D: 4-1/2"

2022

I am eager to find and create moments of pause, respite, and wonder; for me, this is the ideal in design and what I hope to provide in my work. This work was created through a brief moment of reflection, taking a moment as I walked over a bridge. I want to take these quiet moments of rest and emphasize them, reminding us to slow down and take care. Through the emphasis of pause, I hope to gently hold the user while also providing a space for new discovery. In the natural world, there is a term called soft focus; it is when we allow our minds to rest and why we often can find renewal in the outdoors. I want to find a way to bring that into the built environment. These lamps are graphic, they are portals that draw you in and hold you; this, combined with their warm, soothing pools of light, is an exploration of trying to recreate a renewal within the built environment.

A Hope Chest made from a process of repetition using stack lamination of maple and black dyed poplar, manipulation of a familiar grid, hand carved. Familiar in form but seeking to break with tradition yet still find meaning in it..

Safekeeping and Containers of Pause

Maple, Black Dyed Poplar, Hand Carved, Wax Finish

H:16" W:36" D:18"

2021

An evolution of memory and tradition. A container of pause; holding details of identity blissfully forgotten and intentionally reflected on.

Mundane Lamp 01

Steel Body Frame, LED lighting, Linen

H:7'-0" W:1'-0" D:0-8"

2021

A Mundane window, forgotten piece of architecture, you are my eyes to the world, I watch the clouds dance through you, I crave the moments when I remember you. Steel body finish, tall column like presence, you become a part of the architecture you encompass.