Sylvia Vander Sluis
Nested Vessel, 2023
Newspaper, acrylic, sand, packing material 5 x 7.5 diameter
I use material language to tell stories that honor the beauty and fragility of life. My sculptural metaphors use humor, architecture, and everyday objects to point to deeper layers of meaning.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Nested Vessel (top view), 2022
Newspaper, acrylic, sand, packing material 5 x 7.5 diameter
I use material language to tell stories that honor the beauty and fragility of life. My sculptural metaphors use humor, architecture, and everyday objects to point to deeper layers of meaning.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Passage IV, 2023
Insulation board scraps, cheesecloth, acrylic, sand 5 x 30 x 8.5
I use material language to tell stories that honor the beauty and fragility of life. My sculptural metaphors use humor, architecture, and everyday objects to point to deeper layers of meaning.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Passage III, 2023
Branches, rice paper, thread, acrylic, sand 12 x 50 x 23
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Passage II, 2023
Brown paper grocery bags, wasp nest, cardboard, acrylic, sand 6 x 33 x 18
I use material language to tell stories that honor the beauty and fragility of life. My sculptural metaphors use humor, architecture, and everyday objects to point to deeper layers of meaning.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Passage I, 2022
Newspaper, acrylic, sand 3 x 16 x 7.5
I use material language to tell stories that honor the beauty and fragility of life. My sculptural metaphors use humor, architecture, and everyday objects to point to deeper layers of meaning.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Caution, 2021
Fireworks canister, acrylic, modeling paste 9 x 9 x 4
Sylvia Vander Sluis combines incongruous materials, both industrial and domestic, in raw emotional constructions. The past couple of years, she has been exploring the place where pain and joy meet by putting disparate materials in tension with one another. The work talks about the importance of transitory, often contradictory, aspects of human life.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
My Job Is to Adjust, 2021
Styrofoam, plaster, Lego chair, acrylic, insulation board 9.5 x 6.5 x 5
Sylvia Vander Sluis combines incongruous materials, both industrial and domestic, in raw emotional constructions. The past couple of years, she has been exploring the place where pain and joy meet by putting disparate materials in tension with one another. The work talks about the importance of transitory, often contradictory, aspects of human life.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Where Past and Present Meet, 2021
Styrofoam, toys, sand, acrylic 9 x 8.5 x 6
Sylvia Vander Sluis combines incongruous materials, both industrial and domestic, in raw emotional constructions. The past couple of years, she has been exploring the place where pain and joy meet by putting disparate materials in tension with one another. The work talks about the importance of transitory, often contradictory, aspects of human life.
Sylvia Vander Sluis
Somber Skin, 2020
Cheesecloth, acrylic, sawdust, string 80 x 40
Sylvia Vander Sluis combines incongruous materials, both industrial and domestic, in raw emotional constructions. The past couple of years, she has been exploring the place where pain and joy meet by putting disparate materials in tension with one another. The work talks about the importance of transitory, often contradictory, aspects of human life.
