The planets seem to be aligned in a consiracy to stop me making art. Waaaah! I'm getting stressed. The deadline for the Pyrmont Art Prize is coming up, as is the Australian Bookbinders' Exhibition. Neither of my entries are complete. Today I am making the cover for my Bologna book, which is highly stressful - a lot of cutting & piecing. I worked on the Pyrmont Art Prize entry yesterday (stuff the planets) and it is now well down the track. Still, I want to make a major change, so it's next once the cover is made. 
On Monday afternoon I had some friends round to make credit card papers. I learnt about this from Kelsey first. You can fine detailed instructions on her blog on this post. They are such fun - totally addictive. You only have a certain amount of control when you make these papers - the variables are the paper, the card, the consistency of the paint, the smoothness of the surface under your paper. We used pieces of perspex, which I had Ajaxed to get off any bits of old paint. 
It was very interesting with three of us making papers together. We made nine each, and when you saw them in a bunch, it became obvious that each group had a slightly different 'look.' Obviously the hand of the artist has something to do with it too.
It was very interesting with three of us making papers together. We made nine each, and when you saw them in a bunch, it became obvious that each group had a slightly different 'look.' Obviously the hand of the artist has something to do with it too. The top one (I think) is Aqua Green Light, and Burgundy and Copper. The second is Magenta Light, then half Cobalt Blue and half Hookers Green, then Silver.
The third is half, Yellow Deep, half Yellow Light, then Burgundy, and Australian Sap Green.
The last is a bright red (I don't remember) Hookers Green and Metallic Gold. All Matisse Flow Formula paints. I did make one piece with Matisse Structure Formula but I didn't like how that panned out so much. The Structure has a lot more plasticky stuff (technical term, there) in it, and therefore the water doesn't move the paint so easily. Nevertheless. it's just a different look, and may well suit some purpose in the future.
At present I have a painting in an exhibition in the "At the Vanishing Point" Gallery. Last night was not only the opening, but the gallery's first birthday. Huge crowd, but huge cake with plenty to go around. They have a courtyard out the back and everyone tends to congregate there, because that's where the bar is. At this gallery, instead of an inch of warm wine in a paper cup, you pay a ludicrously small amount for a proper glass of wine in a proper glass, or a bottle of beer. I love this gallery because Renee and Brendan are such a pleasure to deal with, and they make everyone so welcome.
Before we went to the gallery, we ate at African Feeling. Yummm -oh! I am Thai'd out at the moment. The food at this restaurant is like the best home cooking and it is only a couple of very short blocks from the gallery (as is Doytao, our usual haunt.)
5 comments:
Love your credit card papers, wonderful colours. I've taken note of times of opening of both At the Vanishing Point Gallery and African Feeling and think a Thursday lunchtime visit is called for before your exhibition finishes.
The aqua & red is gorgeous!
These papers are so interesting!!! I'm gonna check out how to make them. I'm off....
Are these done with acrylic paints or watercolors? I checked out the link, but it doesn't say except that they are Golden paints. These are super! Your exhibition sounds like a good one!
Oh Wendy, your credit card technique papers turned out wonderful!!! It's such a fast, easy technique and you're right....everyone's do turn out different! Glad you enjoyed it. ;-)
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