RESOLVED SAMPLE - GROWTH AND DISINTEGRATION
FIRST THOUGHTS - PAPER INSPIRATION
1a. Samples of paper that have been crumpled, slashed with scissors, slashed with the scissors open and torn.
1b. Top sample has been slashed and exploded (could explode more another time), bottom sample has holes punched in it. I really like the lacy effect and this really shows some disintegration.
2a. Tissue paper -top sample was machine stitched with grid. Paper was wetted and scraped to edges. Bottom sample was stitched with circular shapes, wetted and parts removed.
2b. Top sample is regular computer paper, stitched in grid, wetted and some paper removed. Bottom sample is painted newsprint, stitched with circles, wetted and some paper removed. I think the thinner newsprint and tissue paper worked best but the tissue was quite delicate to handle.
SECOND THOUGHTS - PAPER SHAPES
3a increasingly disintegrating, though maybe not enough difference.
3b. Increasingly disintegrating.
3c. Negative shape with small circles
3d. Negative shape using little snippets - I like sticking to black, more cohesive than adding colour.
3e. Negative shape using torn paper
I agree with you about the addition of colour to a B&W sample. The colours used are soft, warm. Wondering if harder/sharper/brighter/cooler colours would have a different effect...The shapes of the bits and pieces in the bottom 2 samples also seem to me to appear more 'deteriorated' than the neat round hole punches. Interesting. :-)
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