The critic on the block: - A&E

The critic on the block: - A&E

Wallpaper Images for Milwaukee Art Museum

Images for the Cedar Block Event at Milwaukee Art Museum

My two partners Walter Klim & Sonji Hunt.
Utlizing wine(blood bathish), measuring tape and nails

Glass & Clay

More plexi glass experimentation...
Ton Harris in his glass pieces mask
Me in clay...which is a little too thick?

Portrait Series 4: Jason

Jason was an excellent participant. Even going so far as to rub his face in some questionable
Suave shampoo that had been left in the Craft Centre.
This series is going to make me invest in sone plexi glass because it takes such a dutiful beating.
Learning how to instruct scanees is difficult. Only passing along what happened to work and then playing with it seems to be the formula.
Very happy to see his skin tone and facial hair come in so crisply.

Portrait Series 3: Kelley

Added Bubble wrap, dyed guaze and silk screen.
Also Kelley's hotness.

Moving Pictures

I was asked recently what happens when you move mid scan.
Here are some examples:
1. body parts get rounded out (ghostly) or fragmented (like my nose image)



2. you can appear to be in multiple places by racing the scanning light (quick movements can supply great narratives like my hand punch/cup/stop image or slow movements like Walter dragging his hands turn out amazing too.)

Lipstick & Eventually Honey

Laid out a transparency and tried to make the most marks I could with the lipstick
to determine how faint a trace the scan could pick up. Also curious how
honey would look. Think I need more honey and more gels.
Also a seductive quality is nice to see.

Portraits with New Scanner

Just unpacked Epson 4490 Scanner and had to break it in.
Movement is sharp! and eerie.
I do like, however, the resolution change. Before I needed to amp up the Contrast and Hue in Photoshop to get the shadows I wanted. Now it occurs naturally. And I can crop larger images down and create new narratives.
More to come. I have to think where to take things next...