day///Cranbrook Academy of Art night///Detroit anytime//andrea.cardinal@gmail.com i build things out of discarded materials i find in my neighborhood. most of the things i build are large and i need to have a lot of help to build them. i start with an idea, but more than anything else the specific materials help determine the final outcome. i get an incredible satisfaction from doing this for the following reasons: 1. i am not very big. there is probably a well known psychological condition to describe my desire to be bigger; to be taken seriously. 2. the materials i find are beautiful; money cannot buy everything. 3. i’m proposing a 4th R: repurpose; use your imagination. a lot of my work has to do with the human condition. well, what artwork doesn’t? so specifically, i think a lot about respect and how it is earned, when it is deserved. i think about the “working man” and what can be accomplished when a collective uses its force to achieve a goal. i think about violence and what is culturally accepted and culturally unaccepted ways of expressing violence. i think about intimate violence; the kind you inflict upon yourself. i’m interested, most of all, on the female perspective of all of these things. professional worka cardinal's creative endeavorsTumblr (3.0; @andreacardinal)http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/ASPIRE TO CONFIDENCE AND AUTHORITY screen print, xerox transfer,...<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl53o8stRdTUscNco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ASPIRE TO CONFIDENCE AND AUTHORITY <i>screen print, xerox transfer, watercolor</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87015721http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87015721Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500ARMS UP IS A VULNERABLE STATE found window frame, glass, vinyl,...<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl53llcl3eMzMzDno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>ARMS UP IS A VULNERABLE STATE<i> found window frame, glass, vinyl, laser cut paper, found wood and nylons</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87015087http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87015087Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500MATERIALS STUDIES found wood, fluorescent letraset<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl53e92gxKhkrqvEo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MATERIALS STUDIES <i>found wood, fluorescent letraset</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87013488http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87013488Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:04:00 -0500MATERIALS STUDIES (THE RAPIST) found t-shirt, sennelier oil...<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl53hoh3WDxqrqdto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MATERIALS STUDIES<i> </i>(THE RAPIST) <i>found t-shirt, sennelier oil pastel</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87014066http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87014066Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:04:00 -0500MATERIALS STUDIES found t-shirt, found wood, found nylons<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl53j8bm4ln6KJVLo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>MATERIALS STUDIES <i>found t-shirt, found wood, found nylons</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87014426http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87014426Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:04:00 -0500a revisit of the gash installation<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl5352k5thj8IUmno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a revisit of the gash installation</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87011867http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87011867Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:03:00 -0500a revisit of the gash installation detail<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl530tr1ixAuXxAuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a revisit of the gash installation detail</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87011212http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87011212Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:02:00 -0500second year reviews installation<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hl52xmk6LpEQwu5Zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>second year reviews installation</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87010688http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/87010688Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500DETAIL<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hhdpb852aHTn3QuQo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>DETAIL</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64390512http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64390512Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500HIDE found tshirt, found tarp, oil pastel, letraset flourescent...<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hhdpc9kdVnvYfePho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HIDE<i> found tshirt, found tarp, oil pastel, letraset flourescent red, museum case</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64390617http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64390617Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500GASH (SUMMUM BONUM) found wood, found pantyhose, neon oil...<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hhdpjjg85BAsiOpRo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GASH (SUMMUM BONUM) <i>found wood, found pantyhose, neon oil pastel</i>, screws</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64391331http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64391331Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500Photo<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hhdphakx7Ha586MUo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64391136http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/64391136Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500UNTITLED ink & poster paint drawing, papier mache, lasercut...<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hetucsxsChZuPnpoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>UNTITLED <i>ink & poster paint drawing, papier mache, lasercut teeth, found weave.</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/53658374http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/53658374Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:32:00 -0400Photo<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hetueb4m0R0zdfsMo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/53658528http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/53658528Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:32:00 -0400IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH inkjet print///digital collage<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3hetuil0bDddvifFno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH <i>inkjet print///digital collage</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/53658848http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/53658848Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:32:00 -0400REPURPOSE ME/MICHIGAN Posters font design///vector illustration <img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3ha88bm13A6YIgdVko1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>REPURPOSE ME/MICHIGAN Posters <i>font design///vector illustration <br/></i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/38425964http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/38425964Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:47:00 -0400UNTITLED (POW!) found materials, cement, acrylic installation<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3h7snr7rmDPEwZzcB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>UNTITLED (POW!) <i>found materials, cement, acrylic installation</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/31724830http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/31724830Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:58:00 -0400detail<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3h8qx71nabYwAkmIl_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>detail</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/34117019http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/34117019Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400detail<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3h8qx4mjeUyHaJflX_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>detail</p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/34116919http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/34116919Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400DOES NOT A HOME MAKE found materials collage///font design<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/LxWhDge3h7snpiryAaRY7dlq_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>DOES NOT A HOME MAKE <i>found materials collage///font design</i></p>http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/31724718http://andreacardinal.tumblr.com/post/31724718Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:57:00 -0400