In the moistest dark of evening fuzzy spirits tingle in the breeze by the phosphorescent glow of nightcaps play their fingers across sleeping trees and from the aging bark spring up with chiming, ghostly delight the tiny mushroom children the clammy flowers of the night.
"Garden Scene" Wall painting from the dining room of the Villa of Livia at Primaporta, near Rome
Amazing image I came across while studying. Sadly, the best online image of it I could find. Distressed frescoes have such a beautiful and fragile feel to them.
This is a collage for my drawing and composition class I did this week. I've always thought collage was a bit of a "hit-or-miss" medium with a lot more misses than hits. However, I like how this turned out. The concept sort of evolved as I pasted things I like together but the idea of an astronaut (or maybe deep-sea diver?) experiencing an air leak appeared. I used a lot of images of bacteria to give the idea of the body breaking down and apart. There is also a Byzantine icon feel to it with the colors and haloed figure. I've been studying a lot of Byzantine art and some of the holy icons really blew me away. The second half of this project is a large scale drawing based on the collage which I've yet to start working seriously on. I actually have a test tomorrow morning on Roman and Byzantine art and I'm much less prepared than you would think. Pictures to follow post.
I've been working around with thoughts for this project for the past month and wanted to create an area to put all my ideas (aside from various sketchbooks I keep for this purpose). I really got interested in the idea of processes of decay and viewing them in a different light. The main intention was to base the project in three dimensional stylized pieces based on shapes of fungi, spores and other elements of decay. I've branched out further from that, and at this point am tackling the "dekay" project from all different media and essentially playing around with some concepts I find interesting. Much of my original ideas were inspired by current "designer toys" (StrangeCO, Kidrobot, and Friends With You, to name a few) and the music video "Hands Remember" by Seabear. I have never worked in three-dimensional sculpture before so I am having a lot of fun starting out, playing with various clays, plastics and other crafty little things.
A project started by Charles House to fill his free time. Based on the idea that decay is wonderful, the mildew in the bottom drawer of the fridge can be pretty and that death brings life. Especially happy little mushrooms.
