Tag: Sue Willis

  • Mastery of materials and design: Yves Mervin-Leroy

    M. C. Escher made an appearance at the Fashion Design Graduating Student Exhibition, courtesy of graduating senior Yves Mervin-Leroy. Leather pieces from Yves’ collection showed the interlocking design patterns strongly evocative of Escher’s work. But it was his mastery of complex leather and textile technology that dazzled the online audience. Yves presented his collection to…

  • Crown Heights Artist Hendel Futerfas

    At the 2016 graduating exhibit last year there was an unusually large turnout for Fine Arts student Hendel Futerfas. Gaiety and critiquing ensued among dozens of hip-looking exhibit-goers who spanned four generations. They endlessly arranged themselves to be photographed in front of Hendel’s installation while his 102-year-old great-grandfather looked on proudly. “Hendel is a bridge…

  • The “magical feelings” that led to Upper Worlds

    The “magical feelings” that led to Upper Worlds

    The lions, wolves, lemurs, monkeys and birds from the “Upper Worlds” installation are gone now.  For six months they beckoned passersby from the Fifth Avenue display window of the Mid Manhattan Library. Their purpose was a different one from the famed lions, Patience and Fortitude, seated diagonally across the street at the entrance way of…

  • Goodbye Snapshots to Dean Arbuckle

    Dean Arbuckle is leaving us. Her title will be longer, but she’ll always be known simply and elegantly as the “dean” to us. By August 2016 she’ll be working with FIT’s President Joyce Brown. We know her heart will always be with the School of Art and Design and ours with her. Here is a…

  • 2D to 3D — It’s more than adding a dimension

    2D to 3D — It’s more than adding a dimension

    At one time they were sculpted with chisel on marble. In Prof. Sue Willis’ 3D Design Fine Arts class, the recreation of ancient Greek reliefs are made with foam core, masking tape, glue guns and X-Acto knives. “The challenge is to recreate the reliefs in foam core,” says Prof. Willis. “Natural variations occur as students strive to…