temeridad

this is phase one of four so scroll down to read about each phase.

layout, originally uploaded by sawyers_kevin.

Here’s the first phase of “black motherboard”. i have all this “crap” sitting around that people from former jobs or friends from other places gave me. it all has memories attached to it so i didn’t want to get rid of it. what to do???
well, just glue it all to a board and resin the hell out of it. more to follow

adhere&poreOne, originally uploaded by sawyers_kevin.

Here you see i’ve scored a grid on my plywood board, glued all the pieces in place as they were on my original layout and then applied the first coat of resin. this is where the concept comes into play. the objects are starting to loose some of there shape. you start to question what some of them are. the next step for me was to paint the whole thing white so the clear resin build up around the objects would be covered and the objeccts would start to look as though they where sort of melting into the board or becoming unrecognizable, much like memories fade or become muddled by time. my plan changed a little. see Phase Three.

paintlayer, originally uploaded by sawyers_kevin.

Here you see I decided to paint the piece black instead of white. white would have allowed you to see shadow better and the object silhouettes would have been more easily recognizable. black hides the shadows a bit and the sheen also helps confuse the viewer and question what the objects are even more. i thought this was my final step at first but something wasn’t quite there yet. more shine, more shine, more SHINE!!!

resinporeTwo, originally uploaded by sawyers_kevin.

So here you see i resined the hell out of the piece again. starting to like it. actually i LOVE it. show me something shiny and i get all excited. again, i thought this was the final step but something just isn’t finished about it. i hung the piece on the wall and it seemed to not have enough presence. it needs to have a home. pete and i discussed and pete really surprised me with some GREAT suggestions. not to say that pete isn’t creative, he just doesn’t know it and doesn’t always respond to art out loud. anyway, the piece needs a home. now i’m thinking of creating a plush bed of stuffed fabric panels in a frame and having the black piece look as though it’s being presented in a plush silken box. OR mounting the piece on a mirrored surface that has a victorian wallpaper pattern applied.
i don’t know just yet. i’m leaning toward the fabric option but that’s gonna be some work for me. more to come.