Jessie Blackmer
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    • A New Home for Childhood Memory
    • Chucky the Bear
    • Prostheses
    • Body Alterations
    • Yeast Traps
    • Insect traps
  • Work in Progress
    • Bio Methane and the Sustainable Glass Artist
    • More Mousetraps
    • Diseased Objects
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Special Species

An installation for Adoration and ArtPrize Grand Rapids. MI 2011

This work was part public performance and part sculptural installation. At the beginning of the event I gave glass flameworking /lampworking  deminstrations In full view of the public. The performance and installation took place in VandenBerg (Calder) Plaza and the glass plants, made using some of the same techniques demonstrated,  were installed around the plaza in subtle and unexpected places. This work combined the traditional role of the carnival flameworker with the role of the artist naturalist and utilized QR code technology to access information immediately relevant to the .installation.

I used Michigan State University's special plants list (http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/data/specialplants.cfm) as a resource for this installation.


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Amerorchis Rotundifolia
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Amerorchis_rotundifolia.pdf

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Aster Modestus
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Aster_modestus.pdf
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Utricularia subulata or Bladderwort
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Utricularia_subulata.pdf

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Trillium Undulatum
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Trillium_undulatum.pdf

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Agalinis gattingeri
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Agalinis_gattingeri.pdf

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Botrychium mormo or Goblin moonwart
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Botrychium_mormo.pdf

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Cypripedium arietinum or Ram's-head Lady's-slipper
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/abstracts/botany/Cypripedium_arietinum.pdf

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  • Portfolio
    • Warts
    • Bed
    • Specimen
    • Personal Medical History
    • Mousetrap
    • Architectural Infections
    • Special Species (Installation)
    • A New Home for Childhood Memory
    • Chucky the Bear
    • Prostheses
    • Body Alterations
    • Yeast Traps
    • Insect traps
  • Work in Progress
    • Bio Methane and the Sustainable Glass Artist
    • More Mousetraps
    • Diseased Objects
  • Process
    • Special Species
    • Muybridge Moose
  • Artist Statement
  • CV
  • Links
  • Contact
  • Bio