circles #9 wet, just unwrapped
drying board yesterday
dry
Yesterday's quandary was how to keep the saturation of color and hard (-ish) lines that a newly unbundled and still wet piece has once dry.
Given that winter has set in with morning temps in the 20's - and not wanting to freeze another length of rusted fabric - I've been hanging everything in the studio to fan dry. I'd also been rusting very wet fabric until recently so the fan was necessary to keep from making a mess.
It was almost as if with the forced drying, the "wind" forced the colors to bleed. Once sharpish lines when wet became...well...no where near sharp when dry. Saturated colors lightened tremendously when dry also...possibly from the amount of bleeding?
Yesterday's piece was pleasantly damp rather than dripping wet so I decided to let it air dry. No fan. The black still dried to gray, but a more defined gray. The edges stayed instead bleeding into unidentifiable blobs. Hmmm...lesson learned or just a fluke? I'll find out in a bit when circles #10 is unbundled and left to air dry.
this one
ReplyDeleteis especially beautiful
and I love your line of questioning
I'm over here chatting up the blood oranges
and smiling...
xox - eb.
Blood oranges? Yum!
DeleteMay I ask...
just what did they have say?
As for my rusty cotton, this is favorite so far.
Aiming for a series. Have 4 so far that measure 72" long x 30" wide.
Am also itching to rust a piece double that in width.
Or maybe rust circles in a square measuring 60" x 60".
What do you think?
the blood oranges
ReplyDeletespeak of quiet aromatic blooming
on tiny pages
I guess I am craving rosy blush tones
along with the orange
little books in the making
documenting
tea and oranges...
as for your rusty cotton
just do it Jennifer
the size, scope and ambition
is so admirable
I am over here cheering you on
whatever you do
it will be wonderful
what if?
they filled a large gallery space
us - circling your magnificent circle series
I am in your circle,
xox - eb.
Your eloquent words have yet again rendered me silent.
DeleteThank you seems inadequate, but...Thank You.
How's the testing going? It would be cool if you have worked it out. Have you ever visited l'Orangerie in Paris where Monet's waterlily panels surround you in a circle? - the most amazing effect. Your circle panels could do just that as eb says!
ReplyDeleteAir drying seems to be the answer to my quandary. The colors still lighten, but the edges stay sharper. Overall, I'm happier with the results.
DeleteAs for Monet's waterlilies...Paris is on my list of places to visit one of these days. I'll be sure to take in the waterlily panels when that time comes.
As for my rusty circles...well...there's a germ of an idea floating around in my mind that needs nourishing and playing with. That said, I really like eb's idea too. Glad you agree.