The Skyliner

Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: News

Media Credit: Kellan Mayfield Pottery: Professor Blake Smith's talent can be seen by the detailed design of his tea set.

Media Credit: Kellan Mayfield Picture: In addition to pottery, Professor Smith is a photographer also. He focused this photograph to show the rock's details. Smith said observing the complexities of an ordinary rock is a representation of life - a rock seems simple but with a closer look its intricacies are revealed. There is more to life than life alone, he said.

Media Credit: Kellan Mayfield Missing Parts: Elena Lee made pottery with small holes to symbolize a life without Christ.

Thomas Lee
Staff Writer


The North Greenville University Faculty Art Exhibition showcased the creative accomplishments of three faculty members on Monday, January 28.

Professor Zac Buser introduced the other two faculty artists, Professors Blake Smith and Elena Lee, and the exhibit as a whole.

Each artist described their specific exhibits and what influenced them to craft their different artworks.

Lee described the theme of the Faculty Art Exhibition as, "We are Christian artists, reflecting our Christian lives."

Lee's exhibit showcased a glass cross and some porcelain pots.

The pots were to represent different types of people missing a part in their life. The pot's missing part is supposed to represent the absence of Jesus Christ a person's life.

Lee said her inspiration for artwork is "something to share with others, and glorify God with."

Professor Blake Smith had his work on display. His artwork included a porcelain pot that had a certain substance in it that created a unique design present in every pot, even if two pots were identically shaped.

Professor Smith also had a photograph on display. The photo was magnified and showed the details of a rock. Smith said he focused on the details of "a simple rock" as a representation of the observation that there is more to life than just life.

Buser brought the Faculty Art Exhibition to a close, exhibiting some photos of a sick animal he had rescued and used some medical supplies to make an interesting piece of art.

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