This week I looked at what I've made thus far. I noticed a clear pattern/formula for how I've been working. Thank you Lars Van Trier.
Neutral colors + old images (typically involving people) + matte mod podge + sewing details + text =
My obstruction was kind of like playing a game. Each card I made I had add something that I typically hadn't or subtract something. Some of the adjustments were small, probably unnoticeable to those besides myself and other adjustments were larger and made a clear difference in the aesthetic I've established so far. 
*Used a new magazine*Used a more abstract image
*Showed only the hand of a human instead of a full figure
*Used two images together
*Used two images together*Used new magazines
*Mixed machine stitches with gluing the string down
*No figure
*No figure*No mod podge
*No figure
*Correlation between "grow" and the image.
*"Friendly" card. There's not really any humor incorporated into this card
This card was probably the biggest jump from my work thus far and although it's not successful in my eyes. I think I'll be using some of the techniques again.
*New magazine
*Subtracting the image
*Glossy mod podge
*Glued down the string
*No machine stitching
*No text
what in the world is mod podge?
ReplyDeletei like your obstructions - your recognition of them, and reaction to them. i think you're really going somewhere -- i love the last image and hope you keep working like this: noticing your patterns of telling, of making, and trying to transcend them.
Hey Caitlin-
ReplyDeleteWhere in the world are your new entries (since Charles asked about the mod podge)?
Phoebe