Tucked into another artist's package was a little envelope, constructed out of a discarded drawing. Beautifully lettered with hand-sewn trim on the heavy paper, this handsome sleeve contained a cd full of work from Penland Core student Kreh Mellick.
I fell in love instantly, charmed by Kreh's thoughtful presentation. And then, wow... Her work! Lovely, fresh, clever.
Although we didn't get to really meet with her at Penland, we did check out some of her work-- at the coffeehouse Core gallery and the Penland Gallery. Her illustrations are pretty and hilarious, bits of stories I don't know. I love them!
Kreh's also collaborating with Andrew Hayes, who makes wonderful small-ish steel sculptures (and in whose package she was a stowaway). The collaborative work features a sort of old-fashioned theater, with a metal "frame" and a drawing in three parts, giving the "stage" dimension. So nice. Andrew tipped me off to her independent study studio. Giant drawings on paper (you can see one above) that are s-w-e-e-t.
Image above from Kreh's studio, in progress, I think.
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