Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The desert collage
The desert collage is nearly complete. This collage will be on the underside of the umbrella covering. It is still a bit too small, so I intend on expanding it a bit outward, so that it may exceed the limits of the covering a bit, and I will add more photos of desert images. The paintings that make the backdrop to the collage are by Conrad Buff. Cactus images are from the book The Great Cacti by David Yetman. Scientific sections of the collage are from The Cactus Primer, by Gibson / Nobel, and Pilosocereus by Daniela C. Zappi. The middle image is the cover of Utah, by Compass American Guides, writen by Tom and Gayen Wharton. I intend to add more layers over this image and the collage as a whole. After both collages are complete, I suppose I will take them to a signmaker and have them put the images on vynal, or have the collages screenprinted so that they will be one entity and ableto fold over the umbrella skeleton. Please note that this is not intended to be a functional object. In fact, I am trying to make it as nonfunctional as possible, both as a story and as an object.:
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I really like that you've decided on making it one "entity" with the vinyl and such. I know this is still in the beginning stages but I'm still curious as to what type of canvas you will be displaying the story on. I know it's supposed to fold up into the umbrella so I'm still a little confused as to what the potential display will be...
I really love the images so far, the colors are intense and I think that goes well with the personality of the "cactus." I really like the contrast of the black & white scientific images. I'm not sure how these images relate to the story (unless they help to signify the future transformation).
Also, the story seems to evolve/revolve around the transformation of the cactus. Were you planning on portraying his final form with images too?
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