Steven Ford Exhibit 'Parts and Labor: Print and Collage Works' Opens August 5th

BROCKTON, MA - From the Fuller Craft Museum: Fuller Craft Museum is pleased to present Parts and Labor: Print and Collage Works by Steve Ford, a survey of creative inquiry by an inventive artist who has explored the world of printmaking for the past nine years. In addition to his accomplishments in print media, Ford has earned international acclaim as one half of the jewelry-making duo Ford/Forlano (with David Forlano). Using foundational techniques, Ford composes the process driven abstractions with linocut blocks and collagraph plates. These matrices are often re-inked and reprinted to create visually complex surfaces embedded with much of the same design vocabulary as his jewelry—bold patterns, layered surfaces, energetic compositions, and evocative color schemes. The artist’s process is physical, as he quickly rolls the inks, shifts the substrates, cranks the sheets through the press, and at times, manipulates the paper through a folding and flattening technique. As the title suggests, Ford’s multifaceted body of work represents years of focused attention, physical engagement, and superb imagination.

About the Artist

Steven Ford was born in 1964 in Lafayette, Indiana. He studied glass and printmaking at Washington University in St. Louis after receiving his BFA in painting and printmaking from Philadelphia’s Tyler School of Art at Temple University. His prints have been exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Fresh Prints, 1990s to Now (2015), New York’s International Print Center (2009 and 2010), and Philadelphia’s JAGR Projects (2010). Ford’s prints are also included in the collections of the Arkansas Art Center, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Free Library of Philadelphia, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and Woodmere Art Museum.

Current Exhibitions:

Amber Cowan: Re/Collection
June 24 – October 8, 2017

Brockton Youth Creates Biennial
July 15 – September 10, 2017

Circular Abstractions: Bull’s Eye Quilts
May 13 – October 22, 2017

Future Retrieval: Permanent Spectacle
April 15 – October 1, 2017

What Remains: Wooden Quilt Sculptures of Laura Petrovich-Cheney
October 29, 2016 – November 12, 2017

Upcoming Exhibitions:

Parts and Labor: Print and Collage Works by Steven Ford

August 5 – December 31, 2017

SHIFTS: Approaching Encaustic from All Angles
September 30 – November 26, 2017

Gender Bend: Women in Wood, Men at the Loom
October 21, 2017 – March 11, 2018

Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art
November 18, 2017 – April 22, 2018

Threads of Resistance
December 9, 2017 – February 18, 2018

Revolution in the Making: The Pussyhat Project
January 21 – May 20, 2018

Brother Thomas: Seeking the Sublime
February 3 – May 13, 2018

Playtime in the Making
May 19 – September 16, 2018

About Fuller Craft Museum

Fuller Craft Museum, New England’s only museum of contemporary craft, is dedicated to the objects, ideas, and insights that inspire both patrons and artists to explore life through the art of contemporary craft. Fuller Craft Museum is located at 455 Oak St. in Brockton, MA.

The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, with free admission for all Thursdays from 5:00 – 9:00 pm. Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors and $5 students, free for members and children 12 and under. For more information on Fuller Craft exhibitions and events please visit www.fullercraft.org or call 508.588.6000.

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Image via Fuller Craft Museum; Work by Steven Ford