ALLISON
ARKUSH
Pencil Sharpener Poem Piece
2022



Found pencil sharpener on composite board, stoneware, paper mache, mixed media collage, insulated copper wire.
12 x 15 x 6"
12 x 15 x 6"
Post in Bucket Pencil Leg
2021-2022

Bucket Stave 001: Not everything that’s broken needs fixing
Ceramic [Nebraska Endicott brick clay with silver luster, and glazed black porcelain slip for fabric burnout], small old wooden crate, pencil nub, string, foam cushion, lined paper, latex tubing, zip-ties, perforated square steel tube, quikcrete, old metal bucket, dried grasses.
48 x 12 x 10” approx.
Ceramic [Nebraska Endicott brick clay with silver luster, and glazed black porcelain slip for fabric burnout], small old wooden crate, pencil nub, string, foam cushion, lined paper, latex tubing, zip-ties, perforated square steel tube, quikcrete, old metal bucket, dried grasses.
48 x 12 x 10” approx.


Post in Bucket with Binder
2021-2022




Post-In-Bucket 002: Picket and pink binder
Egg-collecting basket, hydrocal, found fence pickets, old binder with drafts of written work, perforated square steel tube.
45 x 18 x 12” approx.
Egg-collecting basket, hydrocal, found fence pickets, old binder with drafts of written work, perforated square steel tube.
45 x 18 x 12” approx.

Window Box, Domestic Scene
Found wooden box, found wooden shutters, milk paint, fabric, earthenware slip burnout of muslin curtain, encaustic medium, LED.
18.75 x 14 x 7.5"
Found wooden box, found wooden shutters, milk paint, fabric, earthenware slip burnout of muslin curtain, encaustic medium, LED.
18.75 x 14 x 7.5"