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patternsinthestatic In reply to violetlove [2006-04-17 16:44:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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patternsinthestatic In reply to Fungleberry [2006-03-31 17:42:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man. That orange hue in this one is largely a piece of copper sheet I found. I really like the idea that I can take objects that would of themselves be considered useless and give them new value and interest. Makes me happy.

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patternsinthestatic In reply to Waterish [2006-03-21 23:17:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks! those are examples of different birds' nests that i got out of a 1947 Girl Scout handbook. that was a great antique store find.

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Waterish In reply to patternsinthestatic [2006-03-22 22:37:17 +0000 UTC]

ive bought loads of old books from this local charity shop, but i dont want to use them cos i feel theyll be wasted

(Then again, some are from the early 1900s)

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patternsinthestatic In reply to Waterish [2006-03-22 23:02:46 +0000 UTC]

well you could scan them and either print them up on your own paper or use them in a digital collage. personally, i like using the actual paper. besides, i don't want to use the same scrap more than once anyway.

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Waterish In reply to patternsinthestatic [2006-03-23 21:24:03 +0000 UTC]

I just feel ill mess them up and then cool stuff will be gone :/

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patternsinthestatic In reply to Waterish [2006-03-23 21:43:00 +0000 UTC]

ahh, well that's half the fun. I bet you didn't know it, but in You Just Feel So Isolated I spent a lot of time carefully collaging the top portion of the piece, only to try out an experiment with the paper towels, trying to get them to be see-through, and lost all of that imagery beneath. But I just kept going, used it as part of the process of the piece, and I'm really satisfied with the result. In fact, I think it's kind of cool that there are hidden messages and images that make up that piece that you can only see about 2% of under all that paint. It adds the meaning of the piece.

So don't be afraid to take risks! Art is a process.

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Waterish In reply to patternsinthestatic [2006-03-23 21:59:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeh on mine i carefully laid down clippings at the top, only to cover them with great swathes of paper towel

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patternsinthestatic In reply to Waterish [2006-03-23 23:03:56 +0000 UTC]

yup. same thing.

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patternsinthestatic In reply to diostyos [2006-03-21 17:40:10 +0000 UTC]

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diostyos In reply to patternsinthestatic [2006-03-25 05:12:36 +0000 UTC]

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patternsinthestatic In reply to diostyos [2006-03-27 17:42:27 +0000 UTC]

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patternsinthestatic In reply to undividual [2006-03-20 17:51:38 +0000 UTC]

its that copper sheet on the top right... that was a fun find.

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undividual In reply to patternsinthestatic [2006-03-20 19:27:27 +0000 UTC]

Ohh yes! I thought that was just some very bright orange paint, but I understand now...

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