Until the 27th of April you can see the Collaboration 2012 show at the Jamestown Art Center. It being “Earth day” season, the theme of the show smacked of re-purposing. The size restriction was 12 x 12″. I have several 10×10″ pieces.
I decided to modify one of my 10″ squares to meet the requirements. A marsh grass “frame” popped into my head – OK, maybe it was that random bag of the stuff that’s been in the studio (for several months) that got me going. The tricky part was devising a stable solution for the embellishment.
I love this problem solving stuff.
I made equal piles of the grass, taped them down, fitted them into a paper “sleeve” glued them, folded the sleeve over and weighted the thing overnight. By morning, I had something I could work with. I glued the sleeves on the back of the piece (everything was pre-measured). More weights and hours. Once it was dry and stable I cut the grass to size. It worked! And I used all the marsh grass in the bag…
AND, I received and “Honorable Mention” at the show. It’s a good-looking show, check it out.