Claudia Wilburn

Claudia Wilburn received her Master’s of Fine Art from the University of South Carolina in May of 2008 and her Bachelor’s of Fine Art in Drawing from Clemson University. Currently she is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at Brenau University...

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Duke Franklin Creech 

Woodblock Print by Claudia Wilburn 2018

24″ x 36″ Collaged and mounted to wood panel.

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Just finished printing this block. The final will be a collaged altered proof.

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The screen porch is almost finished. Lots and lots of fiddling details but I am excited about the print.

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Next woodblock in this series underway. My dad's father is one of the young boys and my great grandfather is the old man on the left.

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Piece about my paternal grandfather. Mixed Media: digital prints, collage, found materials, family memorabilia & acrylic paint

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Progress on the image of Duke. It is a long process to carve these blocks, but I love what is happening with the lines here.

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Not yet titled piece with my Great grandfather and my mother as a child. 

Bottom image is the woodblock, top image is the finished altered proof mounted on wood panel.  24″ x 36″

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Untitled Woodblock in progress

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2017 Woodblock Print

Altered Proof mounted on Wood Panel.

24″ x 36″

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5th block in this series underway.

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My paternal grandfather's mother. Altered woodblock proof mounted on wood panel. 24" x 36".

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My maternal grandmother's parents, Duke and Maggie Creech. Woodblock proof, 24" x 36".

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3 Fates

Black Line Woodblock Print and Collaged Altered Proof

24in x 38in

Print created and published during the 2016 Woodcut Bootcamp at Tom Huck’s Evil Prints in St Louis, MO.

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Fire Ant: SUPPRESS

May Fly: ATTACHMENT

Cicada: BELLOW

Praying Mantis: MERCY

Honey Bee: INTUITION

Locust: MORE

Scarab Beetle: BELIEF

Goliath Beetle Grub: Weight

Damselfly: BLISS

All the pieces listed above are Altered Woodblock Prints.  In short, I printed the woodblock on several different papers and after prints had dried I ripped them apart and reassembled the pieces.

The final products shown here have been mounted on wood panels and are 24 inches x 36 inches. They are part of a collaborative exhibition and I will post the collaborative pieces as soon as the show is photographed as some pieces required special installation.  9 Words Artist Statement:

In the creation of this collaborative show, we have independently created 9 works that are inspired by and/or an interpretation of the chosen words.  Because we are from different generations, have had different family lives, different experiences and different baggage associated with these words that has lead to our final individual pieces.  As expected, there is much contrast in these works.  The remaining 9 works were created collaboratively and allowed us celebrate commonalities, such as the fact that we are both women, educators and artists. 

Statement: Claudia Wilburn

My intention upon beginning this artistic exploration was to draw on obvious experiences in my life relating to the chosen words.  The sketches I produced at that time were very illustrative with regard to obvious imagery associated with the words.  Upon development of this I was diverted from my initial course because of two things, process and discovery.  I had decided that I wanted to create large scale, hand carved, woodblock prints and that I wanted the process to include collaging a variety of colors and texture from paper.  This process is one I had used in my last body of work and I enjoyed the physicality of producing those pieces.  The second element that changed the course of my work for this series was a cicada I found on my back porch (inspiration can be found in unexpected places).  I observed the body of the insect and the beauty of the proportions and translucency of the wings and thought of the insect, known for its loud call;  this became the inspiration for Bellow.  Subsequently, I began to apply the chosen words to particular insects for a variety of reasons.  Once I had made the decisions on concept and process, I set to working though compositions.  When I began to actually create the pieces I allowed myself to have fun in the process of producing and arranging the compositions, I believe that come across in the colors and varied elements collaged into the final pieces.   

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Weight

Altered Woodblock Print

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