A busy week in Artlandia! Making new work for an upcoming group show, En Masse at Thompson Giroux Gallery. I tried something new with this. The goal is to have many, small pieces for the show, so I made this panoramic piece to be cut into sections. The sections can be read as stand alone pieces, or they can be combined/ lined up to make an extended narrative - this way, adding, subtracting, and rearranging the pieces changes the story (an art build-your-own adventure).
I'm happy with how these turned out, but I admit, cutting them apart was hard. Also, while I'm happy to see that I think they do work as I'd hoped, for this particular show, they won't be hung together . So I know that the concept works, but it won't be put into practice this go round (unless someone were to buy 2 or more, that is O:) ).

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face balloon from April 2015 |
I also got some encouragement to make a figurative piece and picked back up a project that's been set aside since April 2015 (yes - that long ago.) I made a collage where I wanted to put the face in a balloon... but it didn't work out (so there is no face on the balloon in the piece). I saved the attempt though, wanting to get back to it at some point.
This failed attempts was just one of the many things that helped motivate me to pursue a certificate in graphics that I worked on January - November 2016. Going back to it with additional skills, I was more able to make what I'd originally envisioned. Though, the first attempts did not totally go to waste - I used that face as the starting point, scanned it, worked with it digitally, and put the resulting image on a polyester lithography plate.
I got pretty into it and ended up making 4 variants - I started with the one on the lower right and got more adventurous from there.

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Once again, filling the drying rack O:) |
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I also (re-)carved some insect blocks that I've, temporarily I'm sure, misplaced and carved the knot and end of the balloon |
In para-studio work, I've continued work on the basement (where I marble my paper). I've been parging the old walls with new concrete and then sealing them with drylock. It's been slow going, but progress is being made. It's a very functional repair (prevents the walls from leaking), but it also makes the space look much brighter.



