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Little Fire
10 years ago
Friday, October 17, 2008
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Artist Statement (mid-term draft)
My art and my thesis focus on the illustration of the human psyche. As Webster’s defines it, the psyche is (in classical mythology), “a personification of the soul,” or in more modern terms, “the actuating cause of an individual life.”
I begin by creating highly detailed linoleum relief prints that resemble thought process. These “ruminations” are collections of designs that are drawn and carved in a rather free association-like way. They represent images or synapses of the subconscious mind. Printed on handmade, delicate Japanese washi paper helps emphasize their weightless and changing nature. The beeswax encaustic coating gives the prints a closer connection to thought process by giving them a translucent yet foggy quality.
Secondly, I work from these prints, as well as from scanned-in drawings and digital stylus drawings to create “intimate spaces”— highly detailed digital portraits. These portraits are originally taken from photographs which are then blocked out into simple colors. The drawings are added on top of the flat color to represent thought process and what might be going on ‘underneath’ the skin shell of a person’s psyche. Layers of texture and color are then added to complete the image and add depth to the overall composition. These “intimate spaces” are meant to invite the viewer to take a closer look at this human’s inner workings.
The prints and digital images are hung from the ceiling in an attempt to suspend them in a moment, just as a thought ‘floats’ or passes through our mind. This also allows light to flow through the prints and images, giving the work a living, glowing quality by allowing brightness to shine into lighter parts of the translucent material. This display method also creates a larger space for the viewer to see the piece and allows the subconscious representation to be seen in a variety of ways. Again, this emphasizes the complexity of the human psyche. My work as a whole is meant to encourage viewers to challenge their previous conceptions about the workings of the human mind.
I begin by creating highly detailed linoleum relief prints that resemble thought process. These “ruminations” are collections of designs that are drawn and carved in a rather free association-like way. They represent images or synapses of the subconscious mind. Printed on handmade, delicate Japanese washi paper helps emphasize their weightless and changing nature. The beeswax encaustic coating gives the prints a closer connection to thought process by giving them a translucent yet foggy quality.
Secondly, I work from these prints, as well as from scanned-in drawings and digital stylus drawings to create “intimate spaces”— highly detailed digital portraits. These portraits are originally taken from photographs which are then blocked out into simple colors. The drawings are added on top of the flat color to represent thought process and what might be going on ‘underneath’ the skin shell of a person’s psyche. Layers of texture and color are then added to complete the image and add depth to the overall composition. These “intimate spaces” are meant to invite the viewer to take a closer look at this human’s inner workings.
The prints and digital images are hung from the ceiling in an attempt to suspend them in a moment, just as a thought ‘floats’ or passes through our mind. This also allows light to flow through the prints and images, giving the work a living, glowing quality by allowing brightness to shine into lighter parts of the translucent material. This display method also creates a larger space for the viewer to see the piece and allows the subconscious representation to be seen in a variety of ways. Again, this emphasizes the complexity of the human psyche. My work as a whole is meant to encourage viewers to challenge their previous conceptions about the workings of the human mind.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
working on some ideas...
so the stylus thing is interesting. it takes awhile to get the drawings in, but i like the types of linework i'm gettting.
i'm afraid i need to work bigger, though. the drawings need to, in general, be larger (or it won't look like anything in the final, huge print.)
so i'm considering working back into the portrait 'cut-outs' by scanning in actual drawings rather than drawing by stylus on the computer. maybe i could print out a mock-up and draw onto a transparency so the designs will fit the portrait proportionally.
in any case, i'm still going to work with the stylus a little more (for the moment, at least.) this is the progress i've made so far with one of the portraits:
Sunday, October 5, 2008
two images... both IN PROGRESS.
too crazy? i'm planning on working back in to lighten things up. ideas/suggestions?
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next image- this is just starting off, and i want to try using the stylus to work/draw back into it w/ patterning..jpg)
next image- this is just starting off, and i want to try using the stylus to work/draw back into it w/ patterning.
no image.. (GASP!) ..but an idea:
i want to try using the stylus as a drawing medium for my digital portraits. this would allow me to get the same kinds of effects as in my printmaking work, but it would be a unique pattern/representation of thought process. AND i think i could get pretty detailed with the linework in this way of working.
i want to attempt to 'draw in' patterns on top of my portrait photos & drawings... and then see what works best!
thoughts?
i want to attempt to 'draw in' patterns on top of my portrait photos & drawings... and then see what works best!
thoughts?
Friday, October 3, 2008
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