Wednesday, October 9, 2013

CitrSolv Fun

This week the assignment for the collage class was to make some papers using National Geographic magazine pages and applying CitraSolv ( a natural solvent) on them.  This breaks down the ink in very cool and unexpected ways.  Here is a link to a site where you can see what other artists have done with this technique.  http://www.citrasolv.com/art/index.html
I used my papers for backgrounds- on a couple of them I scanned the paper and altered it.

Navigating Through Uncharted Waters






Time Waits for None of Us





Hope





Trying to See the Future


4 comments:

  1. I have heard of that technique and seen some examples but yours are by far the most interesting and creative since you have taken it into the realm of good design. Nice work!

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    1. Thank you so much Roberta-it really is fun to do.

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  2. These are really terrific! Love what you've done with the CitraSolv. Maybe some day I'll try it again -- I found it messy and smelly, but after seeing your work it looks possible to do it in a more controlled manner. And your collages are always the best!

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    1. Thanks Connie- I very first did this with John Arbuckle when he came to visit this summer- the smell goes away pretty fast- it is messy but then I am always in a mess...

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