Mylar in a New Light

Today I started playing with paint and ink on mylar. Artist Julie Evans uses paint and ink to create beautiful organic looking collages. Once these dry ill be able to flip them over and see the second side. I intend to cut them out and combine them with other drawings and possibly painted backgrounds. I am loving how the ink and paint react spontaneously together creating unique effects. The dripping and placement of ink and paint are controlled while the effects are unpredictable. This dichotomy between control and loss of control are ideas I am very aware of currently, both personally and artistically. The pink and red colors create a bodily or medical feeling which I am also aware and attracted to right now.
I am exited to see where this takes me.

Discovering Discoveries . . .

My last meeting with Mira was, I feel very productive. She gave very insightful feed back on the work I have been doing and further challenged me to create both physical resistance with material as well as resistance in the ideas I am trying to convey. While in the meeting with Mira I realized what my amorphous shapes mean to me. Once back in my studio and looking at my work from this and last semester it makes sense for me. An aspect of my life that at once creates paralyzing fear and incomparable joy. I hope that this realization will bring the depth and necessity to my work that has been lacking.

Other suggestions include creating larger work again. Many of my mylar drawings are quite small, some only 6in x 6in. I agree that small images while they can initiate intimacy can also be 'easier', simply because they are less outright, or in your face than larger work. However translating the small mylar drawings into lager work is proving a challenge. Some slowly created details do not translate well into my larger cartoon forms. Also translating my forms into 3D was suggested, to add more meaning and give greater understanding. I eagerly look forward to trying this out.

My hope is that I'v got it right and that this new discovery really is at the heart of my interests. I feel this month will be pivotal in this discovery as I continue to work.

Playing with Bread and Glue . . . waiting for the real clay to arrive 

In progress 

Simplicity in duplicates 

I feel like I am putting a puzzle about myself together. There are many facets, I do not just have one idea in creating art, I think it is more cumulative to me. Containing everything from childhood until present day.