Featured DOMA Artist - Rachel Armstrong

Rachel Armstrong is one of the dedicated DOMA artists that helps with projects each week. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nevada, Reno. She is currently showing her Midway Exhibition at the Front Door Gallery inside Church Fine Arts at the University. Photos from the show won't be posted until after the dates of the show in order to encourage you all to go and see it in person.

The title of the show is "Journey of Joy" and will be displayed from March 9th - March 12th



The opening reception is Thursday March 12th from 6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Cardboard Rose

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10) For this project we decided to create something beautiful out of something not beautiful and essentially useless, something tossed out like trash to reflect the transformation that God does in us. We decided to make a rose out of cardboard.

Here are some photos used for inspiration:



We took used cardboard boxes, cut them into long strips, soaked the pieces in water, and wrapped them tightly around each other, building it up until we got a rose. Here are some photos from the process:



Here are some photos of how it was displayed:

Genesis - Origin of Conflict

"Conflict, murder, religion vs. faith in the gospel, the city, Jesus was killed by his brothers, Jesus builds a new city of righteousness, Jesus is the offspring to come"

We decided it would be a cool idea to build a small city from cardboard boxes along the front of the stage and out in the hall. Keeping them as short as posible to not block sidescreens, musicians, etc. The boxes along the outside edges would have red paint dripped on them to represent murder and conflict but also God's redeeming blood. The boxes in the center would have white paint dripped on them to represent purification. Windows and doors will be cut from each of the boxes, we're thinking a light shining from the center boxes, maybe a portrayal of heaven or redemption.

Here are some of the pictures we used for inspiration including a digital sketch of the idea:


Here are some photos of the process and construction:



Here is the final result, there were different setups at each venue:



Finally, we got to have a little fun with the project afterward. First, stacking them as high as we could and then piling them up and jumping into them like a pile of leaves:

Who wants to exercise a little creativity?

I have a creative exercise for you guys that is purely for the purpose of getting your creative juices flowing. I’d like to see what you’d come up with if you were told to redesign, revamp, or recontextualize the Grace or Living Stones logos. You can email me or post your creations as a comment on this blog entry.