I've noticed a few small "tags" throughout campus lately. Someone has been spray-painting their name (or something else, I can't read it) on the rocks throughout campus. No, its not some fraternity or sorority, because it appears to have deliberately placed on top of their brightly colored 'works of art' to deface them. I think I've also seen this same tag n the back door of Kettering. It has since been painted over.
Legal? Probably not.
Inspiring? I think so.
Now I want to go and stencil all of the rocks around campus with a smaller version of my "Art is Power" stencil. Sounds like an adventure!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Progress
Right now I am in the process of stretching the four canvas backgrounds that I had printed earlier in the week. I'm waiting on my "Art Is Power" stencil to be printed so I can cut it and stencil it. I'm finally getting some progress off screen, and I'm excited to be starting the hands on part of this project.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Inspirational Artists
Probably one of my biggest influences in my current body of work has to be Banksy. (www.banksy.co.uk/)
He is a stencil/graffiti street artist, painter, and a political activist. I find it amazing that no one knows who this guy is, and when and where his artwork will appear next. That mystery really intrigues me. Not only that, but the style he uses, along with the political messages hidden in every image, sparked my interest. From the very first image I saw of his, i've been hooked. Hooked enough to try something like this myself.
Peat Wollager (http://www.stensoul.com/) is another stencil artist that has grabbed my attention recently. He pays more attention to detail than Banksy would. (Heck, Banksy's stencils have to be simple, he pretty much has to stencil on the run to avoid being caught.) Rather than painting on the street, he paints artwork that can be transported (His artwork can be displayed in galleries.) He focuses more on multi-layed stencils. The use of multiple stencils allows you to use more colors and add more detail into the pieces. Although he does not paint political propaganda, he artwork is still interesting. It is more "fine-art" stenciling.
He is a stencil/graffiti street artist, painter, and a political activist. I find it amazing that no one knows who this guy is, and when and where his artwork will appear next. That mystery really intrigues me. Not only that, but the style he uses, along with the political messages hidden in every image, sparked my interest. From the very first image I saw of his, i've been hooked. Hooked enough to try something like this myself.
Peat Wollager (http://www.stensoul.com/) is another stencil artist that has grabbed my attention recently. He pays more attention to detail than Banksy would. (Heck, Banksy's stencils have to be simple, he pretty much has to stencil on the run to avoid being caught.) Rather than painting on the street, he paints artwork that can be transported (His artwork can be displayed in galleries.) He focuses more on multi-layed stencils. The use of multiple stencils allows you to use more colors and add more detail into the pieces. Although he does not paint political propaganda, he artwork is still interesting. It is more "fine-art" stenciling.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Photography show
My favorite pieces of the show were those done by Casey Waters. I was very interested in the daguerreotypes, especially the process in which they were created. The first thing I thought was, "Wow, how did they do that??"
"Description: The daguerreotype image is formed directly on a silver plated copper plate which was made light sensitive with a surface coating of iodine vapors. It is a direct-positive process, made without a negative. It has a highly reflective surface that sometimes makes it difficult to see the image. (Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/589_daguerre.html)"
It was a really neat effect, and it makes me wish I had the materials to try it myself. The size was nice too, you had to get up close and personal, and stand at the right angle to see the image. Overall, those images sparked my interest the most. I thought they were presented very well.
"Description: The daguerreotype image is formed directly on a silver plated copper plate which was made light sensitive with a surface coating of iodine vapors. It is a direct-positive process, made without a negative. It has a highly reflective surface that sometimes makes it difficult to see the image. (Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/589_daguerre.html)"
It was a really neat effect, and it makes me wish I had the materials to try it myself. The size was nice too, you had to get up close and personal, and stand at the right angle to see the image. Overall, those images sparked my interest the most. I thought they were presented very well.
Friday, September 17, 2010
More progress
Well I've made a lot of progress on the first piece that I showed in the last critique. I have the background done, as well as the"stencil" parts. Pretty much all I have to do is separate the layers into different files to print. Then I can cut them out and spray it. I've also started work on a new background for a second piece... And that's where I'm at thus far.
I was also wondering if I should change my color scheme up a bit. Instead of sticking to red black and white, should I try other colors too? Or do you think having them all the same color would help tie them together? Opinions?
I was also wondering if I should change my color scheme up a bit. Instead of sticking to red black and white, should I try other colors too? Or do you think having them all the same color would help tie them together? Opinions?
Friday, September 10, 2010
Early Stages
As you know, I've shifted completely away from the globe idea that I worked with last year, and have moved onto the idea of stenciled political propaganda posters, meshed with some mixed media. For more info on that, check out some of my previous posts. Here is the progress of the one I've started:
The background thus far:
Part of one of the 2-layer stencils, (WIP):
Here is some of my inspiration:
OBEY - "Worldwide Propaganda Delivery"
http://obeygiant.com/archives
I even have some inspiration from Banksy:
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
His images are too large to link to, so check out his website and take a look at some of his stencils. There's some pretty funny stuff there.
The background thus far:
Here is some of my inspiration:
OBEY - "Worldwide Propaganda Delivery"
http://obeygiant.com/archives
I even have some inspiration from Banksy:
http://www.banksy.co.uk/
His images are too large to link to, so check out his website and take a look at some of his stencils. There's some pretty funny stuff there.
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