This is my contribution to the Foot in the Door 4 show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Charlie and I decided to add something to the show and in the spirit of the show–just being for fun, for the community, and to gather artwork together without any judges, panels, or applications (just with in a foot square)–I decided to try a couple of applications and techniques that I hadn’t in the past; gold leaf and resin.
Of course, I purchased the faux gold leaf rather then the real stuff. The real stuff tends to be on the expensive side.
Gold leaf is putsy and annoying. The leaf was thin and wispy and hard to manage. It was the glue provided that didn’t like. The glue was too watery and runs past the area I originally applied to, when putting the leaf on top of it. Kind of like jelly spilling over the side when putting the bread on top to finish a sandwich.
In the end it worked out. I think it is going to take a bit of more trial and error to get used to the gold leaf. Maybe I’ll try effectiveness of some other glues.
I was fortunate to have the tutelage of Charlie in the application of resin. He has been using resin on his art for awhile now.
And it all would have gone smoothly, if I hadn’t caught the painting with my sleeve, when walking past it, a couple of hours into it drying.
The painting with tacky resin flipped, landed on its face, onto some news paper.
Fuck.
I managed to peal most of the paper off. But couldn’t get it all off. I burned the remaining and poured another layer of resin over it.
Charlie said he liked it better with the burned paper, but I think he was just being nice.
Ah well, live and learn.
Be sure to join me and Charlie on February 18 at the MIA for the opening reception of the Foot in the Door 4 show.
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