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on December 6
Aimee Lee
backed a project
Red Gown: Chicago/Jakarta (Julie Laffin with Clover Morell) by Julie Laffin
Help us send a performance with enormous red, silk gown from Chicago to Jakarta for the Jakarta Biennale !
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on June 21, 2011
Aimee Lee
backed a project
Within Every Woman - The Documentary Film by Tiffany Hsiung
An exploration of the complex layers of shame and healing, through the lives of 3 survivors of sexual slavery during WWII.
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113% funded $56,525 pledged
- 590 backers
- Funded Jun 30, 2011
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on November 26, 2010
Aimee Lee
backed a project
E3 Series for Improvisation Performance BEGINS in Lafayette! by Don Nichols
A live performance series from local, regional and national artists who feature improvisation in music, dance, spoken word and beyond.
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142% funded $711 pledged
- 26 backers
- Funded Dec 31, 2010
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on August 20, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #14Back home
Post CommentI left Cleveland on Tuesday and was sad to say goodbye, but am happy to have such good new friends and a beautiful new studio to return to in the future. Here are pictures from the workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonaimee/sets/72157624572262839/
All of the pictures of the studio building and process are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonaimee/sets/72157624331964611/
I want to post a big thank you to everyone who made the studio possible (besides all of you!):
Lead donors:
Anne F. Eiben
Robert M. Eiben, MDDonors of time, money, energy, expertise, tools, supplies, rides, and big love:
Eleanor Anderson
Thomas Balbo
Stephanie Brewer
Marcus Brathwaite
Spencer Cowan
Melissa Jay Craig
Jim Eiben
John Entsminger
Kevin Kelley
Susan Kelley
Bo Kyung Kim
Cameron Kowall
Emma Pavlik
Andrea Peterson
Steve Prokandt
Lauren Sammon
Bruce Taylor
Jon Thompson (T&T Tools)
Tony Trausch
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on August 8, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #13We did it!
Post CommentThis weekend's workshop went really well--everyone seemed to be happy with what they got out of it. I keep forgetting that it wasn't my job to impart the ENTIRETY of my Fulbright research to them, and I am so utterly spent that I can't see straight, but this has been an incredible experience. Everyone at the Morgan is amazing, and I don't think I could have done this project anywhere else. The amount of support they gave me and continue to give me is remarkable.
More pictures to come, but I need a little breather first. For those of you awaiting rewards, hang tight! I will be making hanji for another week to fulfill those promises and also for my own work. Then I'll leave Cleveland, hopefully to return in the dead of winter to make hanji in cold, cold weather, the way it's supposed to be done!
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on August 1, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #12T minus....
Post CommentWe have five days left until I teach my hanji workshop, and there is a lot to do, but also a lot already done. The days will be full, making new student moulds and screens, testing the vat (as of today, it's nearly done--just four lines of caulk and it's good to go), cooking on the new gas stove w/a new stainless pot, finalizing the couching tools and station, dealing with press boards and drying boards and testing drying brushes, and so on. I'm feeling great about it, especially the more that I realize that we are truly making history.
Here is Tom, the ED, gleefully pretending to mimic hanji sheet formation (minus screen), and him sealing the drain while I hold it from above.
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on July 26, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #11Updating tradition
Post CommentThings are busy, humming, rich, fun, and nervewracking here in Cleveland. My interns are fantastic, and we've finished sealing the entire vat. It's gorgeous. We'll get the framework on soon, as well as the drain and plumbing. Then we can finally do some test batches: testing the cooking, beating, and pulling. In the meantime, we're preparing test screens. It's all over the place and exciting and deeply fulfilling. If you want daily updates, just visit my blog: http://moonaimee.blogspot.com/
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on July 20, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #10Slowly and surely
Post CommentI got a new intern today, Cameron, who is super. He did insane amounts of sanding by hand since our orbital sander doesn't really work. The office manager's husband came in this weekend to drill the hole for the drain and I did the last coat of varnish on Sunday, so the outside is looking fabulous. The inside will be the big challenge. But hopefully tomorrow we will find a guard for our router to carve out a lip in the front of the vat, and then start marine epoxy at the hottest part of the day.
Meanwhile, I've been teaching the interns bookbinding skills and bindings and tricks during 'lunchtime tutorials.' Today was a big one: four interns and three structures. I'm hoping for good epoxy mojo tomorrow.
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on July 15, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #9The hidden things are the best secrets
Post CommentMinus the blue tape (protecting the maple trim, which will be finished in marine epoxy instead of varnish), the bottom view is beautiful. Today we put down the first coat of polyurethane. Tomorrow we finish that. Next week we move to the inside coats, which are the most crucial. The weekend I'll move into sewing a screen. My interns are fabulous!
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on July 13, 2010
Aimee Lee
Posted project update #8"It's a really nice box"
Post CommentWe are moving along! The vat is coming together slowly--after three intense days in a row with Tom, I took a couple days off. Today I got back to work in 90% humidity with Emma and Stephanie, my fabulous Kent State interns who only come in once a week, so I squeezed as much out of them as I could. We used epoxy and wood filler to patch little bits and glued and clamped the maple trim onto the top lip. I also added 1x6s to the sides to prep for the framework to hold the mould and screen. I'll clean up more tomorrow since there are a lot of pieces that don't quite fit perfectly, but I got to pick up both polyurethane and marine epoxy to finish the outside and inside of the vat. Hopefully by the time Tom gets back next week, we should be ready to drill and construct a drain and build the top framework. The bottom is the most beautiful part of it, but no one will ever know.
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Aimee Lee
Aimee Lee is an interdisciplinary artist who works in paper, performance, and installation arts. She received her BA in Visual Arts from Oberlin College and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. As a Fulbright f... view more
