Curly Twigs V draft 8
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And back indoors, returning to the series…
Curly Twigs V draft 7a, enrichment on the right…
Curly Twigs V continued: draft 6
This “underground” variation of my “Curly Twigs” has been sitting untouched for quite some time. I liked where I got to, but did not know how to proceed. And perhaps I still don’t! But I am working on it again. First I printed a reduced size scan to work on, but I did not use that concept. Still, it broke the stalemate…
Here is the worked print, and the draft as it sat for weeks:
Twig Tangles V draft 5
Curly Twigs V Not to Be
Working in My Yard is Never Boring …
Yard Art Tangles I
I don’t let working in the yard stay boring for long: I take a break and make some yard art!
This piece: soaker hose, pex pipe, hose fittings, drill bits, ping pong ball, wire, spray paint lid, spray paint. It is mounted about 10′ up, on a PVC pipe set into a cylindrical rock basket (gabione).
Playtime
Finished…
The one drawing from my trip…
Niche Installation Photos (two of my “Burial” series)
Copper plate etching, first attempt…
Copper Etching Plate 1 after one bite (workshop day)
Print from first draft of the copper plate
I had a great day in the workshop (taught by Julie Abowitt: thank you Julie!) at Corvidae Press. And I finally got to try ferric chloride copper plate etching.
My very simple line drawing relied on texture, shading & color that does not translate directly to the scribing for this process: I will need to learn more techniques and also draw differently for etching purposes. So I do not like this plate yet, but it may improve with further work.
Also I am very bad about tracing drawings, and somehow I lost the overall shape of the figure in tracing and scribing the lines into the Pledge floorwax applied to the plate.
I really do not like the shape of head now, and the body/bandages just look wrong instead of ambiguous in this version. Oh well, it is a start!
I will strip off the wax, and get out the burnishing tool to soften some lines, then think about the next steps.
