<![CDATA[Melisa Cadell

<![CDATA[Melisa Cadell - Studio ]]>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:22:09 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Playing with photo editing as a way to explore color and form for upcoming works on panel.]]>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:52:16 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/playing-with-photo-editing-as-a-way-to-explore-color-and-form-for-upcoming-works-on-panel

]]><![CDATA[Playing with ideas of paper, light and fabric for paintings and drawings. Looking to make some still life studies.]]>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:50:25 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/playing-with-ideas-of-paper-light-and-fabric-for-paintings-and-drawings-looking-to-make-some-still-life-studies

]]><![CDATA[Compliant: Our Beautiful Demise]]>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 02:03:17 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/compliant-our-beautiful-demise

How delicate the balance, how vulnerable , how close, how far, how much loss, how regrettable.

]]><![CDATA[Thinking about the human causes of destruction.It overwhelms the mind because we can no longer comprehend. As we continue to use more and more of our natural resources, and pollute the pristine planet we once had, the images become haunting. ]]>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:29:42 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/thinking-about-the-human-causes-of-destructionit-overwhelms-the-mind-because-we-can-no-longer-comprehend-as-we-continues-to-use-more-and-more-of-our-natural-resources-and-pollute-the-pristine-planet-we-once-had-the-images-become-haunting-the-pol

Salt, steel, water and chemical colorants manipulated to create installation studies for up coming exhibit.

The next few images are an installation I hope to investigate on a much larger scale. I would like to fill the entire space/wall with these forms wrapped in filament and plastic. The shadows are powerfully beautiful as they flutter against the wall. The birds soar with elegance until we realize that it is plastic that swallows the bird. Pieces are sculpted in clay and fans are placed underneath forms to move the plastic and filament in the space.

Solarized Print of Cranes and Plastic

]]><![CDATA[life size torso...SHE, clay, wire and encaustic wax]]>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:49:26 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/life-size-torsoshe-clay-wire-and-encaustic-wax

]]><![CDATA[Mentoring...]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:46:44 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/mentoringThe student finished the work and was shown a photograph of the man... it was so close to the completed head.]]><![CDATA[amazing to do so with only the breath in your lungs...never tried with equipment...if I have the chance I am willing ]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:40:47 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/amazing-to-do-so-with-only-the-breath-in-your-lungsnever-tried-with-equipmentif-i-have-the-chance-i-am-willing<![CDATA[Her Responsibilities...Tasks]]>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:55:53 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/her-responsibilitiestasks"Her many responsibilities," was a look at the myth that a person can have it all. My generation thought we could successfully have it all...the challenge of managing a career and the responsibility of caring for a family. What is important and what is not? The complexity of being a woman includes these thoughts.

]]><![CDATA[Just heard a brilliant Lecture given by Garth Clark]]>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:50:36 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/just-heard-a-brilliant-lecture-given-by-garth-clark

Ai Weiwei dropping 5000 year old vase.

I was able to attend a lecture by Garth Clark at Penland School of Arts and Craft on the issues concerning contemporary ceramics. He discussed the future of clay in the Fine Art Scene which I will pass along to students. It has been something in the forefront of my thinking lately when I address young students and their pursuit of ceramics. The world is both larger and smaller because of the available technology. We should be embracing the possibilities as well as preparing for a new approach to our thinking.

]]><![CDATA[A Woman's Body]]>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:32:34 GMThttps://www.melisacadell.com/studio/a-womans-bodyMore complex than Todd Akin may think.

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