Fantastic. Wonderful work. I appreciate the detail and the texture due to the "sugared process"
Henry
April 26, 2011
musickstudioTrish, Thank you! It's all sifted except the petroglyph boulder surface. The gold color is the base tones on copper; forms (light & shadow, etc.) were painted on with screen oil and the colors sifted on, the whole dried on a hotplate, edges... moreTrish, Thank you! It's all sifted except the petroglyph boulder surface. The gold color is the base tones on copper; forms (light & shadow, etc.) were painted on with screen oil and the colors sifted on, the whole dried on a hotplate, edges trimmed/cleaned up, then fired--multiple layers. Fine black lines are ceramic-marker fineline pen. For the petroglyph surface, I mixed up a rice-starch (cornstarch can be used as well) glue solution (1 t cornstarch or rice starch to about 2 1/2 or 3 t water, cooked until sticky in the top of a double boiler, cooled, strained). I had already done color tests/trials to get the mix of opaques I wanted. I mixed just enough water into the dry color mix to moisten, added some of the glue mix, a touch more water (can't describe this, you just get a feel for it) to a good consistency for pouring. I poured it over the rock area, dried on hotplate, trimed edges, and sgraffitoed the designs through. (The starch glue holds a very fine edge and can be traced... less
April 1, 2011
Trish White
This is beyond belief - what techniques did you use?
Fantastic. Wonderful work. I appreciate the detail and the texture due to the "sugared process"
Henry