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Liminal

Created by Ian Henderson and Shae Bishop, Liminal is a one-of-a-kind commission located on the exterior of the Center for Craft

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The full exterior installation consists of two parts: The first is the street-facing facade wall features the 3-D tile installation, Liminal. The second is on the adjacent south-face of the building that displays 2-D commemorative donor tiles from the 2017-2019 campaign, Building a Future for Craft.

Liminal

Created by Ian Henderson and Shae Bishop, Liminal is a one-of-a-kind commission located on the exterior of the Center for Craft

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Liminal invites the viewer, even the casual passer-by, to enter that liminal state and feel the vastness of a world pulsing with change and uncertainty.”

- Ian Henderson

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Created by Ian Henderson and Shae Bishop, Liminal is a one-of-a-kind commission located on the exterior of the Center for Craft. The installation explores the idea of the liminal, or state of being in transition, through the shifting pattern created by this large-scale tessellation of concrete tiles. 

The full exterior installation consists of two parts: The first is the street-facing facade wall features the 3-D tile installation, Liminal. The second is on the adjacent south-face of the building that displays 2-D commemorative donor tiles from the 2017-2019 campaign, Building a Future for Craft.

Liminal as found on the Center for Craft building.

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Creation and Design Lead

Ian Henderson

Ian Henderson is a studio artist, teacher, and arts administrator currently the Director of Operations at Penland School of Craft. He led the design and creation of Liminal.

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Production Manager

Shae Bishop

Shae Bishop is a studio artist from Louisville, KY who earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.

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Steel corner detail and text plates for Liminal will be fabricated and installed by Asheville artist Andrew Hayes. You may find more info about Andrew here.

Steel corner detail and text plates for Liminal that were fabricated and installed by beloved Asheville artist Andrew Hayes.

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Credits

Liminal, 2019

Concrete (20' x 25')

Commissioned by the Center for Craft with support, in part, by UNC Asheville

  • Creation and Design by Ian Henderson
  • Production Management by Shae Bishop
  • Production Assistance by Stormie Burns
  • Metalwork by Andrew Hayes
  • Graphic Design by Eleanor Annand
  • Project Management by Mike Marcus and Erika Kofler
  • Installation Management by Vannoy Construction including substrate and tile installation by Steep Creek Stone Works, replacement of roofing coping by Baker Roofing, painting by Performance Building Solutions, and lighting by Haynes Electric.

Liminal