Tuesday, August 18, 2015

"Cosmic Tapestry I & II" are 30x22" each, acrylic on paper.  It's a minimal concept that started with "what if?"  The square image was simple.  After painting my initial square, I cut it into strips and split them down the middle, then wove them together.  For the circle, in order to end up with a round shape, I had to split the strips not down the middle but alternating each one.  Then when I wove them to together, I still had a circle but also negative shapes within it.  I had no idea when I started piecing these together again what they would look like, hence the "what if?"  I really like the simplicity of the idea and also how it lets the materials take the lead.  These remind me of very early computer graphics...

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