"Third Constellation" by Brett Day Windham
"Third Constellation" by Brett Day Windham
June 23, 2020
Third Constellation is a limited edition of 100 archival prints by Brett Day Windham. With a small border for framing, the print measures 8" w x 10" h. The archival prints were created by Tiny Showcase and ship with a certificate of authenticity. The artwork has been printed on a heavy 290gsm natural white paper.
The original piece is Cyanotype and pen on rag paper.
Available hand-framed in maple with archival mat and glass by Vermont's Joel Taplin of Taplin MFG. Framed artwork is archivally matted and hung with UV-protective glass. The hand-made frames are made from locally-milled wood with inlaid splines in each corner for added strength. Please allow three weeks for the completion of your custom, hand-made frame.
Also available with custom-cut, museum matting for standard size frames. Please allow an extra 3 business days for processing.
Brett has chosen Black Lives Matter as this week’s charity. $200 from the sale of Third Constellation will be donated.
“#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.”
Meet Brett Day Windham
Brett Day Windham (born Cambridge, England, raised Providence, RI) is a multidisciplinary artist working with sculpture and works on paper. She received a BFA from Hampshire College and an MFA from RISD. Windham uses color and composition to organize collections of natural, commercial and industrial remnants into multi-valent works which confer a sense of mysticism and ritual. Her ongoing series of cyanotypes are made from personal collections: flora and fauna are gathered by intuition (usually on long walks in different environments). The collections are often made on a single day, and the objects are pressed or dried as necessary, and then laid out in the sun on watercolor paper coated in cyanotype chemistry. Windham finds this ongoing series is a way to synthesize themes in her wide-ranging practice, encapsulating found-object collection, display, composition, and a love of color.
Windham's work has been included in shows at The Barnes Foundation, Smack Mellon New York, the RISD Museum, Tompkins Projects West Los Angeles, Cave Gallery Detroit, Brooklyn Fireproof, Gallery Project Michigan, Samsøn Projects Boston, University of Maine Museum of Art and more. Residencies she has been awarded include the Art/Slant Residency Paris, RISD Museum Artist-in-Residence, Select Fair Residency New York, The Chrysler Museum Glass Studio Virginia, Studios of Key West, Cascina Remondenca Italy, and Penland School North Carolina. Selected press includes V Magazine, Hyperallergic, Whitewall Magazine and The New York Times. She lives in Edgewood, Rhode Island with her family, and regularly exhibits and lectures on her work.
