1/17/2024 0 Comments Japanese lantern paper![]() ![]() Throughout a 26,000-year cycle, referred to as “The Great Year,” there will be a transition from Polaris to 11 other stars which will serve as North Stars, or “pole stars.” At the end of The Great Year cycle, Polaris will return as Earth’s North Star. Jump!Star promotes global celebrations marking eventual transition of one guiding star to the next. The change in our guiding star occurs as the axis of Earth’s rotation changes, altering the alignment of the stars with the planet. She says that since 2010, her artwork has focused on social practice since 2015, she has been developing “Jump!Star,” an interdisciplinary program that uses art, music, and dance to inspire the creation of traditions to mark the transition of our North Star, currently Polaris, to the star Gamma Cephei, approximately 1,000 years from now. ![]() Also displayed will be about 30 smaller lanterns made during a festival kick-off ceremony Sunday, and about 45 more made Thursday (July 14) during first-year student orientation.įerrandi, who splits her time between Brooklyn, NY, and Sunbury, PA, has a background in sculpture, having received her BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and her MFA from Ohio State University, both with concentrations in sculpture. ![]() “Becoming Birds” parade down Main Street, held as part of the Summer Arts Festival closing ceremonies. In Japan, the lanterns are also called Nebuta and serve as floats for the festival parade.Īpproximately a dozen bird lanterns will be displayed during Friday’s 8:30 p.m. Once the lantern is completed, it is painted with water-soluble dye that, once lit from within, results in a brilliantly colorful sculpture. The framework, or “grid” is then “skinned” with lightweight white paper, each cut to the form of each space in the frame and then secured with glue. Workshop participants create their lanterns by constructing a frame from lightweight wire bound together with embroidery floss. The lanterns, some which are more than six feet in height, are inspired by large-scale paper lantern sculptures created for parades held during “Nebuta,” a large festival held each summer in Japan. Sculptor George Ferrandi is overseeing morning and afternoon workshops each day this week, in which participants are creating lanterns which will be illuminated and displayed in a Friday evening parade in Alfred. ALFRED, NY – Large paper lanterns, depicting colorful birds, are being created in the Foundations space of Harder Hall throughout this week’s Alfred Summer Arts Festival: Making Meaning in an Uncertain World, which opened Sunday, July 10, and runs through Saturday, July 16. ![]()
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