A World Apart
approx. 6'x7' I greatly enjoyed working on this project, as I had many opportunities to work with various materials and push the boundaries of what I had already known of each one. I began with cut paper, tea, and wine and created various stains. I then used a bleach pen to create drawings within the stains,a nd often repeated the process multiple times over the same paper to create senses of depth and aquatic scenery. I played with soft pastels and wax, mixing the two over a piece of paper and then dipping it into hot tea to melt the wax. I used wax from different candels, and some had a more oily consistency than others, which had an effect on both the pastels and the paper underneath. As I arranged each piece of paper and found relationships between some, I becan to group them together to create various drawings- either completely abstracted or partially so. The final step was to go into some of the pieces and use fine pens to draw over the stains, often to interact with patterns that had already been created from previous steps. I often work representationally, but wanted to take a more meditative approach to these drawings, so it is mostly mark-making that creates the different effects.
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AuthorArt Student at Flagler College. I am frequently instructed to write blog entries about my artistic thoughts and process. Archives
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