Wish Tree Puja

check out pictures from the opening!

*new* Invitation

David asked me to put the new one on so here it is.



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Invitation

Hey. I tried emailing this design to Eileen but she hasn't written back so I don't know if she got it.
Since I don't have David's email I'll try putting it up on the blog.
Hopefully you guys can make copies.

Factory 14s Screentests at The Warhol

"In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" - Andy Warhol





Hannah





Dawn






George






Ajaylah

Painting with grass brooms

Using grass brooms from India to make paintings.


HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI HOLI


Celebrating Holi (The Spring Festival of Color) on the streets of Ahmedabad India.
March 2007

Sweeping Sampsonia Way

MF 14 students sweeping with grass brooms from India.





After discussing Diane Samuel's Mapping Sampsonia Way and
India's caste system, students set out to sweep Sampsonia Way with traditional
grass brooms used in India by those members of the lowest caste.

The dust, debris, & litter was collected and preserved in plastic bags
and used as the basis for a discussion about found objects, narrative art,
and the nature of "what is art?"

Wish Tree / Puja

Factory 14s students wrote down their wishes and hung them on a tree at The Mattress Factory. Next, the wishes were created as objects which were hung on, or placed beside the tree. We used kum kum powder (used in Hindu puja religious ceremonies) to make a paste which was applied to the tree and covered with marigold petals.

Woodblock printing

Traditional printing with hand carved blocks
and vegetable dyes (ink).
In a small village in Kutch, Gujarat, India.
March 2007 (less)

Weaving

Weaving on a traditional loom
in the village of Zura in Kutch, Gujarat, India.
March 2007

Call to Prayer : Tying Knots

Traditional method of tying knots for cloth with evening
"Call to Prayer". Village of Tera, Kutch, Gujarat, India.
March 2007

Washing clothes by the stream

Washing clothes by the stream
Village of Ludia, Kutch
Gujarat India

Copyright © 2007 David Pohl
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Washing clothes in the city

Washing clothes on the streets of the Old City in Ahmedabad, India.







Washing clothes in the Winnifred Lutz garden at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh