Isabel Hoepelman

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Historic Architecture

Magic castle. Paper, Wood glue, Ink. 11x8 inches

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, home to the nation’s first Catholic parish, stands where it has since first built in 1797, then rebuilt after a fire in 1887. Its imposing presence on the Plaza de la Constitucion are a reminder of resilience in the ancient city, named for Saint Augustine of Hippo, on whose feast day, August 28, 1565, land was first sighted by Pedro Menendez de Aviles.

Villa Zorayda. Villa Zorayda was built in 1883 by Franklin W. Smith as his winter home utilizing Moorish Revival Architecture. For this sculpture, I wanted to Incoporate the fantasy of the cathedral. Originally I wanted to incorporate stairs and more towers, but I decided to simplify it.

Floppy Castle. Paper, Wood glue. 11x8 inches

Villa Zorayda. Villa Zorayda was built in 1883 by Franklin W. Smith as his winter home utilizing Moorish Revival Architecture. For this Sculpture I wanted to also make a fastasy castle based off the inspiration but this time, with round aspects. Sadly, I rad out of paper so I intensified the roundness.

Experimental Sculpture

Panels, sticky rain, Delicate Mountains

Panels. wood, tape, ink

Sticky Rain. Hot glue, wire, wood, paper, and ink.

Delicate Mountains, Paper, Wood, thread, ink

While exploring the materials to build the sculptures, I wanted to focus on pushing the materials because we got to use a lot of materials. I decided to include inspiration from someone's past work. I felt the work was lacking so I incorporated that to add to it. I want to keep exploring what tape can do. I want to learn more about wood. These pieces allowed me to explore the materials. The making of this work exposed new ideas such as how far can I go with a little bit of materials.

Water Fountain


		Water Fountain, Cardboard & Tape, 27 x 18

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Speaker events

Dinner & a movie

Transfusion
Digitally manipulated photograph
Inspired by the movie Saltburn

My intent with this photograph is to visually communicate obsession, being pursued by another, and the feeling of giving so much of yourself to someone else for their benefit. I decided to represent this by using the yarn to surround the focal point of the pomegranate seeds on a plate, representing abundance, life, and death. I also snuck some wire into the soft yarn to show that the attention could be dangerous.