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White onions on a White Platter by Austin, Jalissa and Julian
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Taylor's first Silkscreens
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
The Preliminary Hermit
The first draft of the hermit...done 4 years ago. Over the past years I focused on the research and now I'm doing the design work. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to carving, starting the strength card, or wait till I've designed the rest of the deck.
Yesterday's digital collage, design work to prep for woodcut prints.
every time i look at the traditional hermit card my brain starts singing "this little light of mine..."
i've always thought the lantern in the waite card looked like a cage holding a star prisoner...
Look at my card and the Waite side by side:
in the Waite card the hermit stands upon a baren mountain top with his caged star...
In my version the hermit holds his broken lantern/cage in corn fields admiring the feral stars in the heavens...
in the traditional card the hermit is holding his knowledge to himself, yes we do need to seek alone time to gather our thoughts and develop our higher selves but at some point we need to leave the mountain top and free the light...share our knowledge with others so that it grows and bears fruit...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Projects update and Nibblefest for May
I started carving an image of a vintage ink brayer on a woodblock when I was struck down by a nasty infection. This is as far as I got but now that my energy is starting to come back and I've finished posting my entries for May Nibblefest Art Contest, I can pick this back up and finish it and maybe even print some proofs before month's end...
May 2015 Nibblefest Entries
Theme: Freak Show
I've decided to try and tie my nibblefest entries to tarot cards that fit within the theme. I will try to do two ACEOs and one large painting using the substrates that I made by laminating layers packing.
Strength: an original ACEO created using Inktense watercolor pencils and sharpie markers (right). It's inspired by a vintage circus poster and the major arcana tarot card Strength. Click the following link to go to the ebay listing:
The Eight of Swords original ACEO created using Inktense watercolor pencils and sharpie markers (right). It's inspired by the tarot card and a vintage circus photograph. Click the following link to go to the ebay auction listing:
The Magician is an original 7.5" x 10.5" acrylic painting on upcycled food packaging (right). It's inspired by a vintage circus poster and the Major Arcana tarot card the Magician and the Aces... Click the following link to go to the ebay auction listing:
April Nibblefest Entries; theme was Space, Planets, Stars
Image on the left is The Star ACEO (2.5" x 3.5") miniature acrylic painting on 4 layers of re-purposed food packaging laminated and sealed with gesso. The image on the right is the traditional tarot card that inspired it.
Image on the left is The Moon ACEO (2.5" x 3.5") miniature acrylic painting on 4 layers of re-purposed food packaging laminated and sealed with gesso. The image on the right is the traditional tarot card that inspired it.
Image on the left is The Sun 7.5" x 10" acrylic painting on 4 layers of re-purposed food packaging laminated and sealed with gesso. The image on the right is the traditional tarot card that inspired it.
Upcycling Cereal Boxes and Other Food Packaging
One of my projects was to trim various food packages that I've been saving laminate 3-4 layers of same sized pieces together with gesso. I did this to create illustration board like substrates for small acrylic paintings. Tea boxes I trimmed to ACEO size (2.5" x 3.5") then laminated three layers thick. Cereal boxes I laminated three thick. Acrylic paint, gesso and medium neutral the ph of papers they're applied to; making archival substrates of cheap materials!
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