The Holt-Russell Gallery’s final showing of the semester is the culmination of the knowledge seniors Kelsey Kimberlin and Amy Gudenkauf have received and the techniques they have honed at Baker University.
Kimberlin said her collection of digital photographs is something she has been considering since she has been a bartender at a strip club.
“I am doing a documentary on strippers,” she said. “It’s in three parts. One is the dancing; another is the interaction they have with the customers. The other one is behind the stage.”
She will have around 12 photos on display, and Kimberlin said they educate and make an impact.
“They’re really blunt,” Kimberlin said. “I think exotic dancing is something a lot of people don’t know very much about and don’t take seriously.”
Functional pottery made of porcelain Gudenkauf’s specialty. Bailey said classifying pottery as functional means that a bowl has a bowl shape or a vase a vase shape and such objects can fulfill their traditional uses.
Gudenkauf said the glazes are what make her work stand out.
“I make my own glazes,” she said. “One of them is a black metallic glaze. It’s actually really volatile and can ruin a piece, but it’s worked really well for me.”
Gudenkauf said she learns by experimentation, and that she uses different techniques, including using a Japanese throwing stick, to finish her pottery. She will have pottery in a variety of sizes on display.
Both women’s work is for sale, and Kimberlin said most of the proceeds from the sale of her pieces will go to benefit Mass Media and Communication Department Assistant Sherrie Wood, who has been diagnosed with cancer.
Professor of Art Walt Bailey said the show opens Nov. 28 with aopen house from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and the art will remain through Dec. 17.
“Their senior show becomes the celebratory show of commencement,” Bailey said.