Foundation drawing

Michelle Shickler (right), a junior art major, sketches perspective drawings of architecture with sophomore studio art major Taylor Hamilton (middle) and freshman photo major Dawn Tucker (left) during class near the Fine Arts buildings on Tuesday. Their class is a foundation drawing course led by Fran Siegel, who said that it was the students’ first time drawing outside the classroom.

"I don't like that. I've never liked that" (state2)

The piece "I don't like that. I've never liked that" (state2) is the centerpiece of Camilla Taylor's "Among Us" exhibition at the Dennis W. Dutzi gallery at CSULB. Taylor, a graduate printmaking major, said the piece piece is about "isolation in groups, like when you're on a crowded bus. You're there with the other people but not really with them."

The piece is made of found fabric and old clothes. It was relief printed, or printed with a large stamp. The stamp was custom made. Taylor took pieces of wood, carved it out with little knives, rolled it with ink, and ran it through a press before sewing it together.