Type in the Scuplture of Gyöngy Laky

Type in Art isn't really one of our categories, but it's something I wanted to visit nevertheless. A favorite sculptor of mine, Gyöngy Laky, has worked with type in interesting ways over the years.

Ms. Laky was born in Budapest, Hungary and was a fiber art professor at UC Davis for many years. Her most recent works are primarily constructed from orchard debris which is usually discarded and incinerated. The pieces explore our relationship to and attitudes about our environment. Among her numerous awards, she was awarded a Citation for Typographic Excellence in 2008 by the Type Directors Club.

Her name, incidentally, is pronounced "Jinge (rhymes with hinge) Lock-ee."

THAT WORD
orchard prunnings
8'(h) x 4' x 13', 1989. , (from 14th Biennale Lausanne. 1989)

Q WITH NO A
ash branches, paint, bullets for building
29" x 25" x 2.5". 2007

ALTERATIONS
(commissioned for the cover of the New York Times Magazine)
apple, grapevine, nails, wire
58" x 68" x 3" 2008

ESTUARY
apple, water-based ink, backer-board screws
35" x 34" x 3.5", 2007

GLOBALIZATION IV: COLLATERAL DAMAGE
ash, commercial wood, paint, blue concrete bullets
32"x 97"x 4", 2005

All images from the website of BrownGrotta, an amazing fiber and textile gallery in Connecticut.