Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Stealey, Josephine M."
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Becoming aware
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Becoming Aware, an installation created with cotton thread, crochet handicraft, and honey bee imagery, critiques the industrial farming method of ... -
Damaged
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)I have always been fascinated by the psychology [i.e. of] human and what motivates behaviors and choices made in life. This interest is more profound than merely my own inactive and proactive conduct, it also involves ... -
Echoes of the voiceless
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Ego trip
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)My exhibition, entitled Ego Trip, was an attempt to explore the concepts of biological destiny, productivity, and gender roles through the lens of feminist and queer theory. This lens was focused on the myth of Narcissus, ... -
Faking it : the seduction of surface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)This creative research conflates three of my personal obsessions -- the French Rococo, television, and craft materials -- and culminates with a collection of wearable sculptures that satirize the often-ostentatious masquerade ... -
False sense of care
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)False Sense of Care is the thesis exhibition by Mary Margaret Sandbothe. The exhibition incorporated two bodies of work titled, Ideal Queers comprised of large format digitally printed cross-stitch simulations on cotton ... -
Fight or flight
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Fight or Flight addresses the end result of recent environmental disturbances and catastrophic weather events brought on by climate change. Many humans throughout the planet have faced personal or property devastation of ... -
Homemade home : creating in the face of the nostalgic impulse
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Nostalgia is a pervasive and widely accepted form of dishonesty. Throughout American history, people have made and collected objects, upheld traditions, and revered styles and forms of past eras with the aim of recreating ... -
The impact of technology on tradition : the role of craft in our lives today
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)It is apparent that since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, technologies have gone through many changes. All traditional methods of manufacturing goods and objects have been mechanized and become mass-produced. This ... -
Metamorphosis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)As an artist, my methodology emulates that of a historian and enters into the arena of archaeologists, archivists and curators. Historians write, and re-write history privileging certain evidence while imposing specific ... -
Philographica : that which is written or described of love
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Intimate relationships pose a paradox: they are inherently dangerous on multiple levels and yet essential for our social well-being. A collection of artist's books was constructed with the purpose of illustrating this ... -
Polite conversations : provoking dialogue through community interaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This creative research investigated my role as artist in the community and the effect of my activities on both individuals and groups. This work took the form of a series of silk-screened and folded books that were mass ... -
Residuum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)Residuum focuses on the residue of the domestic object, the rug, and how it visualizes domestic loss and displacement through site-specific installations. The use of soil is used as a material for the rug series to portray ... -
Solely unrooted
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Isolation and removal from one's culture, or even detachment from the culture, can bring about a sense of displacement. The feeling of displacement ... -
Threads of imperfection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The quest for perfection is exhausting and unrelenting, although many strive to attain it. This project challenges the notion of "perfection" as it pertains to the idealized family. Garment-like sculptures made from sewing ...