Headed back home to Hamilton today for a few reasons. 1). I had to pick up materials I had ordered as well as materials I have at home that I wanted to work with 2). I had to work at Grounds for Sculpture tonight.
Today was filled with a lot of experiments and so far successful results. I had created bead mosaics with the petri dishes and resin that I ordered. The petri dishes were smaller than I thought, I accidentally ordered 60mm as opposed to 90mm, so they were tiny, but I think the worked out perfectly.
I'm not sure how the paint mixed with the resin is going to work out. I think it's going to have to be a layered process. So I decided to use all ten petri dishes that I had just for the seed beads and my next order I will experiment with paint. I ordered 20 90mm petri dishes (that will be for paint) and 10 more of the smaller 60mm ones for more bead mosaics. These were a lot of fun to make. I'm going to bring them back up with me tomorrow so during this week I can take professional photos of each of them.
Today was filled with a lot of experiments and so far successful results. I had created bead mosaics with the petri dishes and resin that I ordered. The petri dishes were smaller than I thought, I accidentally ordered 60mm as opposed to 90mm, so they were tiny, but I think the worked out perfectly.
I'm not sure how the paint mixed with the resin is going to work out. I think it's going to have to be a layered process. So I decided to use all ten petri dishes that I had just for the seed beads and my next order I will experiment with paint. I ordered 20 90mm petri dishes (that will be for paint) and 10 more of the smaller 60mm ones for more bead mosaics. These were a lot of fun to make. I'm going to bring them back up with me tomorrow so during this week I can take professional photos of each of them.
I also got a jump on making my vegetable paper. So far so good. You have to constantly monitor it and change the newspaper to help with the drying process. The paper will dry completely in about 3 or 4 days. This batch of paper is made of zucchini, eggplant, and oranges (zucchini not shown).
The other night while I was doing research I stumbled upon this art education website where the instructor was teaching kindergarten students about science and petri dishes. They had recreated their own petri dishes using Elmer's glue, plastic lids, and seeds. So I decided to give it a go just for fun. I probably won't use it for anything, but hey maybe it can be a lesson plan for my elementary students.
I had thrown in some beads, sea shells, and acrylic paint to see how the color would come out. So I have to let this dry for a few days as well and hopefully the glue will come out clear.
I had thrown in some beads, sea shells, and acrylic paint to see how the color would come out. So I have to let this dry for a few days as well and hopefully the glue will come out clear.
In addition to the small and large sized petri dishes I had ordered some iron-on transfer photo paper to play with. Aside from clothing I think it would be neat to transfer photos onto canvas and then paint over it.
Very happy with how today's experiments came out and I feel this is a great start to get me motivated to continue brainstorming more ideas for future creations.
Very happy with how today's experiments came out and I feel this is a great start to get me motivated to continue brainstorming more ideas for future creations.