chine collé inspiration

Purgatoria

hard ground etching, drypoint, aquatint, and chine colle on paper

Shrooming

Experimented with the process of chine collé last week. Several things that became apparent with this method of printing were the importance of good materials, such as glue; order of process, such as placing glue on the pieces before placing them on the plate; finally, the various ways the ink spreads across the different textures of paper. Here is my plate before I printed it:

Cake progress

Figuring out how to represent food has been difficult but I figured it out. 

trees around the world

Recently I began following a blog called trees in art. Trees are so unique and beautiful along with providing so much to the human existence including fresh air, water filtration, ground covering and shade. Even if these things were not vital for life, trees and other plant life are known to have medicinal purposes beneficial for curing health concerns arising in western society.

One reason I want to focus on the tree is to bring awareness to the consumption of our resources. And encourage mindfulness of the loss of beauty and diversity we loose with each species of tree lost. The work below is a screenprint capturing the beauty and the essence of what trees can inspire humanity to produce in art. 

Menashe Kadishman, [title not known] From The Forest, 1969, Screenprint on paper, London, Tate

Cake time

This afternoon I plan to complete my Marie Antoinette series. The finishing touches will include various dessert images designed to be viewed together along with the text.

Some inspiration for the little desserts:

Clear-cut takeover

British Columbia clear-cut

Sometimes called the Brazil of the North, Canada has not been kind to its native forests as seen by clear-cut logging on Vancouver Island

‘Human domination over nature is quite simply an illusion, a passing dream by a naive species. It is an illusion that has cost us much, ensnared us in our own designs, given us a few boasts to make about our courage and genius, but all the same it is an illusion.’ Donald Worster

Photograph: Garth Lentz

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/01/over-population-over-consumption-in-pictures#img-10

Check out these pictures, they opened my eyes to some of the consumption issues we face around the world.