Now for some artsy stuff. For fun, I have been making what I call small tabletop sculptures. I just started these so I don’t have many to show yet. The first finished one is only six inches high. I use simple wooden blocks and glue on prints of my etchings, sketches, and photographs. First, I use Photoshop to crop the images to the size I need (tall, skinny, square, or horizontal). I also use colored paper where it is needed. And, since I’m an architect, I am unabashedly doing pieces that tend to end up looking like…well, see below.
The one that is under construction now is taller and more ambitious (below). I am introducing some domes on this one for interest. I’ll paint these in different colors with Liquitex acrylic paints. I typically arrange all the parts first to determine composition and constructability. I use a small turntable so that I can look at all sides before I start putting them together. I then take a photo of both sides so that when I deconstruct them to glue on specific pieces I will know where they’re supposed to go. The one pitfall in the process is my propensity to keep changing the bloody things. Even as I glue parts together I think the A look is better than B…oops, maybe C is better, and so on. So no matter what intentions the photos record, they will no doubt be different in the end. But, I find the hands-on process to be therapeutic.
So the kit of parts is below. Very basic: 1” cubes, a 2” x 4” x 2” block and the 1” diameter domes which fit nicely with the cubes. For glue I use Ph Neutral PVA by LINECO. I get all these goodies at my favorite store in San Francisco, FLAX Art Supply at Fort Mason in San Francisco. One can always use patterned papers or all colored papers. The possibilities are considerable.
Stay tuned for more discussion on my other art pieces, such as this one:
Tende III, etching
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These are beautiful!!