EightyFour-Kirigami

Mesmerized by Beth Stone's unbelievable paper cuts, I couldn't resist trying my hand at it when I saw this book on kirigami (with paper!) in the bargain aisle at Barnes and Noble. I picked the first and most simple pattern and still struggled a little but overall I like the effect. The two little tendrils on the outside are supposed to facing the other way but being the measure none, cut once person I am the card wasn't long enough to fit the curls in the "right" direction, so I just turned them 180 degrees.

SeventyTwo-Firework

One of my favorite people in the project this year is Dorothee Lang. I love her photographs both wholly and the clever little crops she does. Here is my version made with surely less sophisticated equipment and "software".

The Crop

The Original Image

(sadly I don't have the technology to highlight the piece I zoomed in on)



ThirtySeven-Imitation is the Sincerest Form

Last night I decided to roam around the interweb to see if I could find some stuff that other people were making and see if I, too, could make the same or similar thing. Luckily in the rubber stamping world, I am finding out, vendor websites are chock full of ideas, videos, and step by step guides. I found one that looked simple enough and attempted to recreate a version of it. Here is the original from a local Connecticut vendor's website. And here is my, less than flattering, recreation:

I do own a ruler, I'm just not sure why I'm so averse to using it.

ThirtySix-Robot Love

 

Inspired by Marcus Speh's "Robot Love" and New York state's wonderful bit of legislative news. The red door on the chapel is a tribute to my mom's Episcopal church of which is one of the major religions that (mostly) supports same sex marriage.  The shrinkable plastic part was inspired by the binary gravestone in the lower left of the drawing as Kendra Bartell's last piece from 100 Days 2010. Thank the universe for the interweb and binary to text and vice versa translators! It means, of course, robot love. I didn't intend to use shrinkable plastic, my intention was to stamp it but it was too long to fit how I wanted it to look so the plastic served a practical as well as artistic purpose.

Four-Finding My Inspiration

 

Influences:

Four Babylonias in One

1st Day May 21,2011

Truthfully, I didn't expect my little craft project experiment to have much relevance to the 100 Days project as a whole. I should have known better! I loved the color and the layering of Fred's piece and still can't believe that it was done on an iPad. I loved the carefree nature and attitude of Sabin's philosophy toward this project. Where that second piece comes in to play in this card is through the papers used for the butterflies. I have been on a buying frenzy for the last few weeks as I've been getting into this hobby. After seeing the beauty in the materials on hand of Sabin's first piece I decided before I could go any further I needed to clear up my workspace a little and as I was sorting paper and setting aside scraps I kept finding all these little bits that really couldn't be used for much so I decided before throwing them away to punch a shape from each piece that was big enough. Also, I added a little depth with the one popped up piece inspired by the packing peanuts (?) in Sabin's piece.