Fun Experiments

Before I immersed myself back into Delivery, I was experimenting with some laser colour prints of photos I'd taken on my iPhone. I printed a series of six images, on card stock, of my daughter twirling with abandon (as only children can) and gazed at them lovingly.

My next thought was, "now what?" So I did what came naturally, I took out my trusty sewing machine and ran a few lines up them. I ended up with two sets of three large colour copies haphazardly stitched up. 

My next thought was, "now what?" So I did what came naturally, I took out some zinc white acrylic paint & splashed it about. You guessed it, I didn't immediately know what to do next, but I figured it out with some white titanium and plastic stencils.

In case you didn't know this, zinc white is a translucent acrylic where as tit white is opaque. Lots of fun and creative layers can be accomplished playing those two opacities off of each other.

I then pulled out an old lacy table cloth of my dear Oma's and some fun coloured paper and stitched them rather haphazardly to the bottom of the triad. I splashed on a bit more paint, stitched some more and made sure lots and lots of thread was sticking out all over the place.

I am not sure there is a point to these pieces beyond the joy I felt creating them. I am sure they will be a prototype for some future works. In the meantime, they are priceless pieces of memories for my enjoyment.

If you have time, play with some of the random shots you've taken with your phone. Maybe make multiple prints of the same image to create a series and slap some paint them. Have fun and simply enjoy your multi-layered creative self.