Cast and fractured glass, 2021, installation 30ft x 36in x 24in , Objects range in size largest diameter 7in

Exhibited as part of Between Coming and Going installation, Traver Gallery, Between the Edge of Reflection

CLEAR

Dry transfer Rub-on letters, UNIVERS 55 821-48PT

Capital A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0

The following installation was developed for Jessica Jane Julius’ solo exhibition “What are you afraid of?” presented at Marketview Arts, York, PA It was shown with an installation of Static and her Saliva Print series.

Between Now and Now was installed in an 2000 foot gallery space. Blacking out the space, the viewer must walk through darkness to come upon the work.

This work was made possible by the generous grant from the Cultural Alliance of York PA and York College.

In between Now and Now, Julius will transform the gallery with her large-scale installation created primarily from millions of tiny glass reflector spheres, traditionally manufactured for use in highway markings. These spheres shine brightly when exposed to light in an otherwise dark environment, creating a luminous effect. Julius’s installation visualizes the notion of complex systems and networks that exist in the world around us. Assembled from a large number of smaller parts, these systems represent the organization achieved in the face of our never-ending drive towards disorganization and chaos. These tangled, reticular structures create an impenetrable dreamscape scenario invoking the passing of time or the erosion of memory. This is the space where we pause and listen.

Between Coming and Going

Installation, 30ft x 36in x 24in, 2021, Flameworked and Cast Glass, Grown Crystal, Gold Leaf enamel

Exhibited at Traver Gallery, Seattle, Between the Edge of Reflection

The work "Hybrid" consists of opaque black glass fingers and a data system of rub-on-letters. Through isolating a part of the body, it becomes a foreign object however recognizable. The finger focuses on the action of touching, pointing, and defining information and represents our tactile experience. The small objects have characteristics of actual fingers through, realistic size, fingerprints, and quality of skin. They are placed on the wall in a way where they are pointing or containing parts of the data, representing an act of touch and inquiry in the same way we learn about the world through touch. Through the interface of the objects with the numbers, letters, and symbols the work talks about how we categorize, focus, and analyze with the use of technology, data, and systems. The impermanency of the work stresses the changing of information through time and how our systems change with new information and new discoveries.

2006

"Betty"

Flameworked Glass, 8ft x 8ft, 2011

From the heavens is a work made with flameworked glass, manufactured crystals and gold leaf. Presented at the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia PA. for the exhibition Spacelab.

Flameworked black glass, adhesive, white glass

Dry transfer rub-on letter, Univers 55 821-10pt. 32 x 40in, 2015

Lower Case a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0

Glass murrine panel and metal. References touch screens, tv static, tablets, with the intention of analyzing the passage of information through technology and questioning digital touch vs. material touch.  

This series of drawings are made from stills from a glass animation called scribble. 

Photograms of glass castings- using glass as a negative

            The series“Finger Print” contains convincing realistic body characteristics combined with surreal, ethereal qualities. Many of the prints have ambiguous markings, a small number, letter, or symbol, to suggest a forensic examination. Because the image resembles a detached finger through form and representation of skin texture, it suggests ideas of dissection and study. The object used to make the print, compared to the photo image, becomes less important and easily dismissed. However, the photo image takes on a completely different impact through its scale, contrast, and detail while retaining the same qualities of the original object. It is this visual impact that exploits the material choices and creates a new perspective of the subject and material.

         My inspiration for the “Finger Print” series is from documents of early microscopic discoveries. These early hand drawn records showed forms that exist beyond what we can see with our eyes. The photographic process of using the enlarger to project light through an object of glass enlarges the view of the object in the same way a microscope functions. This process creates a metamorphosis of our perception of the object and our body.

This is a series of drawings that are made from recording the mouse on the computer screen. Each drawing is recorded by time. All lines are the movement of the mouse and the circles are when the mouse clicks or stays in one location. 

BIC RED INK

Dry transfer rub-on letters, Futura Medium 240-36pt

Capital A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Lowercase a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, ? , ! - > " :

16 x 20in , 2016