Mixed Media Class 4: February 15, 2011
Last class we learned an interesting technique for transferring images from a magazine into a surface using acrylic medium. The assignment for this week was to use that technique in 1 piece, and do something with transparencies in another piece. The assignment sheet had something about drawings and synthesis, but I pretty much ignored it because the instructor didn't explain it very well.
It took a really long time for me to find the right images to transfer. I don't keep a lot of magazines around the house, so I had one issue of the Improper Bostonian, and a few on cell biology Mr M picked up at his internship. I knew I wanted to do something house-like, but I didn't have a good idea of what I wanted in the windows. I ended up just throwing in some damn thing because it was late, and I needed to get the acrylic on so it could dry before class.
The transparent piece was done on a glass sample from my office. I love the samples I get from there--so cool. It took forever to use Goo-Gone to get the official stickers off the glass. I got sick of the orange fumes. The lines are done with scotch tape. Once it was on the wall, rather than my desk, it looked really different. I need to remember to look at pieces vertically and from far away, the way they will be displayed in class, before I declare them finished. I like the shadows, but the transparency is too subtle. I'm going to keep working with the whole glass/transparency idea, though. I think it's a good place to start from when I want to
art.
In class, we learned about making paper pulp from toilet paper, and how it can be used. The instructor spent 10-20 minutes futzing with a hand blender. She mentioned that she has a degree in culinary arts, and I had to repress a shudder. She's so scatterbrained, it seems an insurance liability to let her into a professional kitchen.
We experimented with the pulp in class for a while. At the end of class, the instructor remembered that we hadn't talked about the homework yet, so we did a lightning critique that still made class end half an hour late. Oy.
My paper pulp piece was still wet at the end of class. It survived being wrapped in a plastic bag and carried on the T surprisingly well.
2d synthesis final 1
2d synthesis final 2
It took a really long time for me to find the right images to transfer. I don't keep a lot of magazines around the house, so I had one issue of the Improper Bostonian, and a few on cell biology Mr M picked up at his internship. I knew I wanted to do something house-like, but I didn't have a good idea of what I wanted in the windows. I ended up just throwing in some damn thing because it was late, and I needed to get the acrylic on so it could dry before class.
The transparent piece was done on a glass sample from my office. I love the samples I get from there--so cool. It took forever to use Goo-Gone to get the official stickers off the glass. I got sick of the orange fumes. The lines are done with scotch tape. Once it was on the wall, rather than my desk, it looked really different. I need to remember to look at pieces vertically and from far away, the way they will be displayed in class, before I declare them finished. I like the shadows, but the transparency is too subtle. I'm going to keep working with the whole glass/transparency idea, though. I think it's a good place to start from when I want to
art.
In class, we learned about making paper pulp from toilet paper, and how it can be used. The instructor spent 10-20 minutes futzing with a hand blender. She mentioned that she has a degree in culinary arts, and I had to repress a shudder. She's so scatterbrained, it seems an insurance liability to let her into a professional kitchen.
We experimented with the pulp in class for a while. At the end of class, the instructor remembered that we hadn't talked about the homework yet, so we did a lightning critique that still made class end half an hour late. Oy.
My paper pulp piece was still wet at the end of class. It survived being wrapped in a plastic bag and carried on the T surprisingly well.
2d synthesis final 1
2d synthesis final 2