Friday, September 27, 2013

walking to make print

In thinking about walking, and walking every day as part of my art practice, I have been trying to find a way to connect the walking and the maps more directly. A possible way to do this was suggested by my mentor during our last meeting. Here is a test on some yellow fabric I had. It felt rather odd to walk around on fabric with feet covered in plastic wrap and dunked in cyanotype chemistry, but I think I like the result.




final print:


close-ups:





Saturday, September 14, 2013

more transparent fabric and other materials


silk chiffon

grid paper

transparency film (for digital negatives)

cotton batiste

silk organza

Friday, September 13, 2013

"put your work up on a wall and live with it"

One result of the second really productive meeting with my mentor, Joy Episalla, this morning:










Going to live with these until the sun comes back so that I can expose some more test prints (silk organza ordered online that finally arrived, and some of my mom's fabric).

Monday, September 2, 2013

experimenting

While newly toned fabric prints are drying, here's another experiment I have been working on:


Since I had some leftover chemistry I coated one of the drawings I've been using as negatives. I am intrigued by the interaction between the disappearing ink lines on the ground and the negative lines created by the cyanotype print on top.