Sunday, February 19, 2012

5 pieces mid-evolution

So these are the 5 pieces that have been evolving over the past few weeks. I'm experimenting with various methods of encaustic application and incorporating text. My next step for some of them is to do image transfers of printed text - I just can't decide on a font. Sorry, but all of these images are a bit too blue, especially on the right hand side of the pieces - the light in my studio was not ideal when I took these photos. So just imagine them less blue haha:

With the text in this one, I tried carving into the encaustic medium and then filling the carved areas with black encaustic. I really like this aesthetic and will continue layering more and more text (thinking of the idea of a palimpsest). 

I'm experimenting with using my heat gun to melt a block of wax and let it drip down onto the mdf board. Then I use the heat gun as a paintbrush-replacement - I use it to manipulate the wax when it's melted. I will most likely start to put image transfers as the next layer.

Image transfers and shapes.... it needs more text... I'm playing around with the ideas of access (or lack thereof) and privacy -- two things which I think have quite a bit to do with language in the public sphere. 

This one and the one below are the two that I had posted before when they were less evolved. I like the idea of using paper/parchment with a combination of written and typed text. They still have a long way to go. 

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5 comments:

  1. JasminePaintsFebruary 19, 2012 at 6:10 PM

    The contrast in the top two are nice. It will be interesting to see how they develop. Your work always changes so much from start to finish, its hard to image what will come of them.

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  2. caitlin peckFebruary 22, 2012 at 6:06 AM

    I just had a thought about palimpsest: what if you actually re-used your pieces of wood, true to the nature of palimpsest parchment? Like, you took a pieces when finished and sliced off all of the wax on top. Then the sliced off wax became your piece and you could reuse the piece of wood. Then you could get traces of past pieces on new pieces. I don't know. What do you think?

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  3. NaomiFebruary 26, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    I really, really, love the text on top of the first one. They are really starting to develop some nice layers. It would be interesting to see how many layers you could get...like really push their depths!

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  4. JasminePaintsMarch 3, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    i was thinking today, and didnt get a chance to say. I think think this work tends to lack a focal point and would be more interesting if it had some where for the eye to rest. Right now they feel a bit too much like they are pattens that could infinitely continue.

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  5. UnknownMarch 15, 2012 at 4:21 PM

    I like seeing the progression. I like the beginnings of these with the shapes and less color. I like the red squares over the transfers. Sometimes, for me, less is more. :)

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