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By Hand, transfer print journal

April 14, 2012 by Iskra Leave a Comment

Transfer print journal

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“Harlequin 1.” Balancing acts. . . . . #collag

“Harlequin 1.” Balancing acts.
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Meanwhile….in another thread of my studio practi

Meanwhile….in another thread of my studio practice this piece “A Quieter Room” is off to a house built to echo the peace and clarity of a zendo. 28x42”, one of one. The second view shows it close in scale to the actual installation.

This summer I’m studying art history, personal history, archives, sitting for hours in the mornings with artists like #pauljenkins and his 1983 book Anatomy of a Cloud. Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) pulled it all together: deep research, travel, heroic scale, paint phenomena, massive ego— and collage as a form of both art and introspection. Scissors, brush, bucket, glue. Collage life is a no-conflict zone. Yes/and. Taking the moment to inhabit that open space while it’s here.
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“Lake Louise” This collage has gone through da

“Lake Louise” This collage has gone through days of changes. A contest between terroir, surface, mood and narrative. It seems to have resolved in narrative, and right now I am favoring it balanced at the bottom by the one line of words rather than option two, the tidy deletion of the envelope. Poets among ye: weigh in?
Technical challenge with stretched paper warping around the edges after several days, not sure if it is because I didn’t soak it long enough (Rives BFK, soaked 10 minutes) or if the matte emulsion used as adhesive is incompatible and pulls and tightens the paper fibers too much. These pieces don’t want to be slopped over with medium, they want to be dry and papery, so it takes a lot of care. Thoughts on technique welcome— next one is stretched an hour before glue, switching to gel medium, will see if that makes a difference. #collageartist #ephemeracollage #lettershome #nostalgia #worksonpaper #workinprogress #collageprocess #paintedpaperscollage #familyarchive #thearchivist #postcardsfromthepast #mailart

“Governing Verbs” 8x8” collage on paper. Ing

“Governing Verbs” 8x8” collage on paper. Ingredients: a girl, a nun, grammar. A year before my mother left her house there was the process of The Books. Three thousand books do not go with you into the afterlife…or into assisted living. I stayed downstairs at the bookstore browsing the ephemera section while she negotiated the price to relinquish a 1951 vintage philosophy textbook (.05 cents). Midway through this process she came downstairs and handed me her Latin book, ©️1932. It’s been speaking to me lately.

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“Released (Lessons in Waiting)” . . . #thearch

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