Derick Melander

Derick Melander creates clothing sculptures that explore the intersection between global consumerism and the intimate relationship we have with what we wear.

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I am going to just park my username, so no one else comes in and takes it. But I’m deleting the app from my phone and I will no longer be posting.

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I’m out of here. Speak amongst yourselves.

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Don’t feed the trolls. They shrivel up and die without your love/fascination/contempt/rage/morbid curiosity.

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Please find me at https://t.co/E8sz1ENr06 or https://t.co/cfoKvwm5nw

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FLASHBACK: materials test for a project with @HWSColleges in #GenevaNY... #inflatable blue pillow now, "lost mitten" later.

Loved working with Gabriella D’Angelo, @tedaub and @alysiakaplan.

#hwscolleges #creativeprocess #designprocess #wip #sculptureart #textileart #publicart

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This is one of three #furniture #sculptures I created this past winter. Together, they form the base of an enormous glass top table. It was such a sprint to finish them, we barely got to hang out. Guess I’ll have to visit them in #LA, where the live at Circular Library
#zerowaste

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'Night Sky' print installed in the office of aerospace engineer, Giorgia Lera:

“I felt a sense of quiet joy and fascination when I first saw 'Night Sky’ ... our company makes machines that process fabrics, so Derick’s work made perfect sense."

#dibond #Textile

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What my hand saw, 2021.
Photo study with the ever so patient Scott Hall.

#sensory #synesthesiaart #polaroid #conceptualphotography #polaroidoriginals #photocollage #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #flannel #jacketstyle #mirrorimage #wearable #derickmelander

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Please join Meghan Udell & I for artist talks and cocktails – live stream / IRL at The Darby Hotel in Narrowsburg, NY on Thursday March 14th, 6-8pm!

What would you like to know about us?

#textileart #recycledart #newyorkart #catskills #poconos #upstateny #livingstonmanor

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@MVinny69 Not the best band on the list, but it would have to be the Rezillos. One of my first punk bands, and they connected with my core.

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@yokoono I think I need to do a collaboration with Yoko.

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A Family Album (Blood Objects), 1993
Exhibit C: Box

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How I made it. #sculpture #secondhandclothing #furnituredesign #art

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I could not resist installing ‘The Family’ outside for the day :) Having now arrived in Los Angeles, the 3 individual units form the base of a glass-topped table. My first art furniture commission.

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Guten Morgen! Berlin, where have you been all my life 🇩🇪

#germany #artday #Berlin

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🌈 This Thursday, September 21st

– One Day Only –

Art installation in Jackson Heights, Queens, 8-4
Travers Park | 76-9 34th Ave, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY 11372

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@wagnerblog Was your family involved in that company?

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@SVA_News @svanycalumni Hi Follow away. I'm actively sculpting and showing. Graduated in '96

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The open studio was wonderful, It has never looked so good in here! Now, on to planning for an art installation in Travers Park, Queens, details to follow.

#clothingsculpture #derickmelander #nysculpture #nycsculptor #sculptureart #abstractsculpture #contemporaryart