Oax-i-fornia — NATALIA NAKAZAWA

PROJECTS: Oax-i-fornia collaborative design studio

Oax-i-fornia family, 2009

opening night at Casa de la Ciudad
Oax-i-fornia
"Basking in Achievement in Oaxifornia" by Clay Walsh

Alebrije Asseblage (Body-part rescue), 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Alebrije Asseblage (Body-part rescue), 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Alebrije Asseblage (Body-part rescue), 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Alebrije Asseblage (Body-part rescue), 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Vessel, 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Vessel, 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Copal Bracelets, 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Copal Bracelet, 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
hoto credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Copal Bracelets, 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
hoto credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Copal Bracelets, 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint
hoto credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Alebrije Jewelry (Body-part rescue), 2009

Copal wood, acrylic paint, wire
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Los Pinguinos, 2010

Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Los Pinguinos, 2010

Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Altered Beetles (Rhinoceros beetle), 2009

Hand-painted Rhinoceros beetles
Photo credit: Emily Jan
Collaboration with master wood carver Jesus Sosa Calvo
and fellow artists: Jay Dion, Joy Umali, and Hanna Vogel

http://oaxifornia.org/

Jesus Sosa Calvo, 2009

Photo credit: Emily Jan

Collaborative work produced alongside master wood carver, Jesus Sosa Calvo, and fellow students from CCA, during a summer in Oaxaca, Mexico through the Oax-i-fornia program. This initial collaboration then served as the starting point for my MFA thesis: "Making Things, Making Places: Invented Meaning in the Crafted Object"