Endless Abstract – Part I
What I’m working on now has become a meditative process. Moving intuitively from the center outwards, I set up one simple rule, to form a border, in grey scale, around each piece. Beyond that, I’m enjoying making choices piece by piece. With minimal cutting, the chunks remain, for the most part, in their organic form, juxtaposed with the very regular straight lines of the manufactured border tiles.
The inspiration for this piece came as a direct outgrowth of the series of small works titled “Etudes” that I created just before starting this work. Here are 9 Etudes from the series of 15.
The predominant material is home-made “rocks”, which were created with variously tinted mortars. Once the mortar is fully cured, I cut them with a hammer & hardie into smaller workable pieces, just as I would cut natural stone. For the most part I am using the inner riven edges, which exposes the color & provides textural interest.
Want to learn how to create your own mortar tesserae?
I suggest you check out Julie Sperling’s online course.
& a little peak at how the piece is expanding…
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Until next time….. ciao!
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