I've been messing around with materials some more. This week in our last class with Kiki Macinnis (sad) I got into drawing with ink using this pen tool I had made for me that is made from a piece of olive oil can (this pen is the model from which we made mine):
The way I was using it only allowed me to make straight lines. This is just a second pass at the idea but it gives you some idea. I drew on glassine.
I was drawing with my friend Kristen (definitely check out
her art) and afterward she sent me the art of this really amazing artist who I'd never heard of named
Susan White. The image below, and a bunch of her other art is made by burning. I've tried burning paper with a wood tool and it gave me a headache but I love the look at if there are other good ways to do it I'd like to know. But check this out:
Last, the other fun I've been having recently concerns image transfers. I made a big print (I think it was laser) when testing a printer at a school I work with. I didn't like the paper so I decided to try to make a transfer. In researching, I found out that you can use a low odor caulk to make transfers. It really works! Check out
Self Representing Artists if you're interested in more information on that issue.
If you have other thoughts on unusual materials that are useful in art making please send them my way.
Now to find some time to make more art...
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