I am embarking on a new series of art pieces over the next several weeks. My process involves many steps that I am going to document here on my blog for you to see. This is a process that I have been developing myself over the past 12 years.
There are so many patterns,color combinations and possibilities that I often can't decide on how to start a project. So I've picked a pleasing color palette and I am going to start dying paper. I don't have any big idea behind it yet, I just had to get it in motion first. Once I have the paper completed I will be more intuitive about what direction it will take. I'm learning how to get out of my head and work with my intuition more. I tend to over engineer things.....that's how I'm inclined to work. I am now exploring how to express myself more instinctively and less analytically. Wish me luck!
To start I will be dying a large batch of old book pages, waxing them out and then removing the wax. Once I have several hundred pages completed they will be like a textile that I can use like a paper fabric. Really the pictures will give you a good feel for what I am doing. Please feel free to ask questions!
Here is a preliminary color sketch along with the book pages that I will be dying. I've also divided the paper into individual groups so I know how many dye batches I will be doing. Many of the book pages came from old free books I found on the street last weekend. This is how I start!
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