Exquisite DIY Brushes Now on Display in Foundation Corridor

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DIY brushes created by students in artist and ECU faculty member Mimi Gellman’s Interdisciplinary Core 138 and 139 classes. (Photo by Perrin Grauer / Emily Carr University).

By Perrin Grauer

The gorgeous group of objects were created by Foundation students in artist and ECU faculty member Mimi Gellman’s classes.

A stunning collection of DIY brushes created by students in artist and ECU faculty member Mimi Gellman’s Interdisciplinary Core 138 and 139 classes are currently on display in the Foundation corridor on Level 3 at Emily Carr University.

“They’re like little spirits,” Mimi tells me of the dozens of handmade objects.

Mimi first began experimenting with brush-making in 2020, producing a tutorial aimed at empowering locked-down visual artists. That practice joined a broader continuum of arts teachings emphasizing creative resilience and material ingenuity, Mimi said at the time.

“Not being able to rely on art supply stores provides us the opportunity to extend our abilities to problem solve, to be creative and more self-reliant,” she said.

“The thing that I get so excited about is how nimble we can be in the face of obstacles … When we have less of the access we’re accustomed to, what possibilities are opened up?”

Full article here: https://www.ecuad.ca/news/2021/exquisite-diy-brushes-now-on-display-in-foundation-corridor