Friday, March 22, 2013

"Red Chair"

"Red Chair"
Sintra engraving on paper, acrylic paint
8.5" x 8.5" (unconstructed)

My new little papercraft print, "Red Chair," is on view right now in Milwaukee as part of PRNT:MK, the 2013 SGCI printmaking conference.  I'm not attending, sadly, because attending as someone not attached to a university in some way is crazy expensive.  So, I've been attending about every other year.  The picture at left was taken by Colin Roe Ledbetter of the portfolio my piece is included in, Assorted Delights.



 
This piece is also in the upcoming show Cloud 9, at the Trunk Space in Phoenix, AZ with a reception on April 5th.

The piece has an inner chamber, and if you peer through the windows in his torso you can see it, too. Though it's difficult to photograph, I've attempted it to give you some idea.


For the portfolio this piece was made for I needed to construct about 20 individual figures, each one taking a little over an hour to make.  By the time I'd finished cutting and gluing the last one I sort of hated them.  It's been a couple weeks now, so I no longer hold such loathing for the needless complexity I engineered into his construction.

 At left, you can see "Red Chair" inconstructed.
And here's Mulcifer the cat, diligently overseeing me as I print.

3 comments:

Francessca Cope said...

My girlfriend is at that conference right now! Your work is spectacular. If she hasn't already, I'll let her know your work is there so she can check it out.

Aine Scannell said...

Hi Camilla !! I havent come across you in ages so its great to see what you have been up to !! I think you work about as hard as I do .............
this is agreat blog so why dont you

enable the FOLLOW BY E=MAIL" gadget in the layout area of the dashboard ...then I can keep in touch huh !!!

let me know once you have done it and then I can sign up
all the best Aine love to mulcifer

aine@ainescannell.com

Unknown said...

THanks for the tip, Aine! I've added it to my gadgets.