Being in a new location and with new bench to work on has proved an interesting challenge. I have had three attempts to make a new type of frame for the painting commission completed weeks ago. Three fails, but each one the technique is getting better. Lucky I have “painting […]
Monthly archives: June 2022
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I don’t yet have a video of laying on the hide glue. So here is a still image showing two types of 100% pure hemp canvas stretched and ready for sizing. The hide glue (collagen) is made from pig and other animal skin and bone. It is water soluable and […]
The stone grey double weave canvas comes from Hemp Wholesale formerly of Western Australia and since the sale of the business now located in Queensland. https://hempwa.com/ The hide skin glue (no longer made from rabbits) is available online and in most good art stores. Rabbit Skin Glue: Preparation, Uses and […]
Painting conservation work showed that in 1820 90% of select European masters painted on hemp supports. The rag from hemp clothing and textiles went to paper production. By 1880 75-90 % of all European art papers were made of hemp. This percentage of hemp as a feedstock is higher in […]
I have already assembled the strainers (fixed at the corners) and stretched the canvas. Not hemp as did not have appropriate sizes and am attempting to use offcuts and so a series of smaller canvases will result. A4 size and slightly larger. I have a few series of landscape works […]
It was in Harvard that child prodegy mathematics student Theodore Kaczynski voluntarily underwent experiments conducted by psychologist Henry A. Murray, at the behest and paid for by the CIA <Harvard’s Experiment on the Unabomber, Class of ’62 | Psychology Today>. Many think these “experiments” warped Teds mind forever. It must […]
Wanting to share a little about my working process I took some video on my phone. Nothing flash, just me and what goes into my art – repurposing, recycling, upcycling, balancing energy input and expenditure. In nature there is no waste. I will release these videos as blog entries and […]