More photos of Blue Moon: The photogram of a sphere, cyanotyped into a body of silk threads that are attached to and sewn into two acrylic glasses.
Capturing the luminosity within such a sculpture is just one of those things. The camera 'perceives' an image that looks quite different to what my eyes see - as if it had its own mind how to 'translate' luminosity, shades and depth into 2-D.
So, using just November's natural light filtering through the studio window, Blue Moon became the object to familiarize myself with the manual settings of our camera and thus improve my 'translation' skills.
SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION
a container for notions, thoughts and processes I encounter along the way
Sunday 3 December 2017
Wednesday 22 November 2017
New blog:
between the lines is a growing archive of texts - texts that accompany me and I keep returning to, lines that make me muse and think.
Saturday 4 November 2017
Globe's sister
A dream come true: Globe's sister so to speak - but while the former has been screen-printed, Blue Moon is cyanotyped: white silk-threads have been dyed with a photosensitive solution and exposed to sunlight. In other words - the sphere has been 'blue-printed' into a body of white silk-threads that are sewn to two acrylic glasses.
Depending on lighting the blue varies from royal blue to a dark cyan.
Thus, this was - and is - a photo challenge too.
Details
silk-thread, acrylic glass, weights (sash window)
33cm x 33cm x 82cm (109cm including weights)
Read more about the process here.
see also Themes / Process (May- September 2017)
Tuesday 31 October 2017
work by other artists
Korean artist Seon Ghi Bahk
http://mymodernmet.com/jaehyo-lee-stone-installations/
mymodernmet.com/seon-ghi-bahk-an-aggregate-charcoal-sculptures
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zhu jinshi suspends boat with 8,000 sheets of folded rice paper
https://www.designboom.com/art/zhu-jinshi-suspends-boat-with-8000-sheets-of-folded-rice-paper-12-12-2013/
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Xawery Wolski knitted wire
https://xwolski.com/art/general/
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Sabine Reckewell
sabinereckewell.com/sabinereckewell.com/Linear_Installations__1979-1981
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Sui Park
www.suipark.com
www.behance.net/spark19
Saturday 30 September 2017
Blueprint
After a lengthy exposure period - it turned autumn and sun light is receding... this threaded silk piece has been processed as any cyanotype / photo / photogram:
stop(bath) - rinse and dry
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PS: this was four years ago - a layered version.
stop(bath) - rinse and dry
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PS: this was four years ago - a layered version.
Friday 22 September 2017
www.ruthasawa.com
image source
“An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.”
Ruth Asawa
Saturday 19 August 2017
process
another three-d negative: a black rubber ball embedded into white silk threads. My hands and body slowly but surely learning how to move, twist and pull, tie and sew a single thread of silk (in)to two opposing acrylic glasses; until eventually… my fingers become fluent.
About 10'000knots and 4km of silk thread later, ready to be 'blue printed', so that what is light becomes dark and what is dark becomes light.
find more images here
About 10'000knots and 4km of silk thread later, ready to be 'blue printed', so that what is light becomes dark and what is dark becomes light.
find more images here
Thursday 20 July 2017
Saturday 10 June 2017
it works!
White silk-threads - cyanotyped. Dyed and processed as a whole body. It works. This is a study - to find out just this. - Nice to watch how over time the blue becomes more and more saturated.
The white shape is spheric - but slightly distorted and asymmetric, on purpose.
12cm x 12cm x 44cm
silk threads (cyanotyped) / PET / bicycle tube / steel
By the way, find more about the process in previous two posts.
The white shape is spheric - but slightly distorted and asymmetric, on purpose.
12cm x 12cm x 44cm
silk threads (cyanotyped) / PET / bicycle tube / steel
By the way, find more about the process in previous two posts.
Saturday 3 June 2017
Thursday 25 May 2017
Work in progress
Monday 20 March 2017
Friday 17 March 2017
Book with No Pages |
Friday, March 17, 2017 7:30pm to
Friday, April 28, 2017 6:00pm
Two version of Book with No Pages
and Squaring the Circle are on display.
Friday 17 February 2017
Haven
A world at the bottom of the Mediterranean:
HAVEN from Les films engloutis on Vimeo.
The story behind
PS: ...reminds me of Jason deCaires Taylor work.
HAVEN from Les films engloutis on Vimeo.
The story behind
PS: ...reminds me of Jason deCaires Taylor work.
Friday 13 January 2017
Lightweight |
Nylon thread, acrylic glasse, light (LED), weight (steel) 12 x 36 x 200 cm
Part of Ferens Art Gallery's 2017 Open exhibition in Hull
13 January to 12 March 2017
Thursday 12 January 2017
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