Feeling unlagged enough at last to post some more of my New York photos. These ones are of rust found around Manhattan and Brooklyn. (And Queens)
Tag: Rust
Encaustic and rust monotypes
Here’s some more new experiments with rust, wax, tea and ink. I’m enjoying not feeling constrained by paper size and shape. Whether these eventually end up as mounted and framed work is beside the point. I’m learning more about the way these materials behave with every mark I make.
New three dimensional form.
New Work
Two new works that grew out of my experiments with monotype. This time I have used rusted paper, combining accidental and deliberative marks.
Latest….
Rust
I’m loving this process.
More rust………
I’m wondering whether anyone out there knows whether these prints will retain their colour? I’m happy for them to degrade over time, but I would love it if the subtle and beautiful range of colours endures.
New prints
Wabi Sabi
I discovered some references to Wabi Sabi recently. The term seems to convey things that I am interested in expresssing in my work.
Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. Read about it here.
Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
Development of another new piece
This is the inspiration for the new work. It comprises three things that I love: rust, water, and Venice. The metal wall was hammered into the canal to hold the water back while a new brick wall was built behind it. That’s the way things are constructed in Venice, where the water can threaten building.
To make this work, first I laid down strips of paper I had ‘rusted’ some months ago, and coated them with a layer of medium. I used painters tape to mask off a straight line, and painted in some pale green. I added some green gold at the bottom of the board, and then ‘cool’ brushed some more on the top section. I used a tool to scribe into the wax, and added detail with a rust coloured pigment stick.
BOX OF BIRDS 
