I'm in the process of making 50 pieces, over a 50-day period, for an exhibition about process to be held at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, California this July. Though I started with a clear concept, it quickly devolved into a process of just making what I felt like making from what I had on hand. Partially out of simplicity and partially out of desire, I began to collage and layer the 6x6-inch MDF boards, with anything I had in my studio from previous projects.
I've layered the boards with images, physics formulas, old book pages, rejected etchings and transfers, and old magazine images. Now I am finishing them with a final transparent layer. Some of these transparencies were recycled positives left over from exposing photopolymer plates, others were reddish negatives that were used for making cyanotypes. I have now run out of material in the studio and have begun to print recent images onto digital transparencies to complete the project.
The examples here, in groups of twelve, mostly do not have their final layer attached. These snapshots were taken with my cell phone and document their early stage. I will post better quality images of some individual pieces when they are complete. I hope to also post images from the other eighty participants after the opening on July 24 (6-9 pm).
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