Amy Goodwin

I made this series of laser cut mirrors back when I was in grad school. They were a visual response to a rewriting of the myth Echo & Narcissus.

I made a series of these cupcake lights from a great dollar store score. I positioned one on each side of my large orange desk at my studio. I like to think of it as my "executive " desk at sweet industries.

There was a fun(ny) article about the rise and demise of the cupcake in the NYTimes this past week
It begins…
"THE cupcake is at something of a crossroads. Edible icon of Americana, frosted symbol of comfort and innocence, it may not have faced such an identity crisis since first appearing in cookbooks sometime in the 18th century."

The Juicy Love mirror started out as a series of automatic line drawings (a stream of conscious drawing technique to loosen up). Lots of loop-de-loops and retracing. I was conscious of how painting marks or works are often (maybe too often) described as "painterly". In laser cutting I like to describe the mark as "skaterly." In laser cutting the laser cruises along the surface of the material being cut much like an ice skater glides across a frozen expanse.

When the mirror is a single color the focus becomes the line. Adding color calls out different groupings almost hidden within. Formally I liked the references to both fruit and to love that reside in this pattern.

Juicy Love
laser cut acrylic mirror
edition of 100

available at on etsy