PICK OF THIS WEEK -
Week # 38
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Three Artists
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Three Artists
#1. This work is by Carol Hall
Take the cannoli.
This piece was done for Session 1 homework in the Primitive to Modern
class. The assignment was to do a modernized version of black letter by
changing the style and/or color. I was inspired by the work of Guillermo
Rodriguez-Benitez. I noticed his spirited style in many subsequent works
I have come across since then. But I was especially drawn to the
lettering that was completely connected and cut out of one piece of
paper. I wanted to do this for my 21-
year-old son, Drew, this being his favorite quote from The Godfather:
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." (I love Drew's sense of humor!)
I found the exact image I wanted to use of Don Corleone and printed it
on bristol stock. I did the lettering and had to spend a good deal of time
arranging the words to get the connections I wanted. I decided to
capitalize "Gun" and "Cannoli" to bring some interesting breaks into the
black letter forms. Once I had everything positioned satisfactorily, I
traced it onto white bristol stock, and set to cutting out the shape with
an exacto knife. I mounted the lettering with very narrow strips of black
foam board glued with rubber cement, so it is significantly raised from
the photograph.
Size: 11 x 15
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#2. This work was done by Michael Noyes
Big Neuland
Well, obviously, this piece is a Neuland exemplar, done for homework I
think. It measures about 4x8 feet and is cut out of a single sheet of
polystyrene foam board insulation with an aluminum foil face. The
letters were individually hand-drawn on paper, scanned and digitized in
Adobe Illustrator, arranged on screen, printed full-size on multiple
sheets of 8.5x11 inch paper, and attached together.
The outline on the multiple sheets was applied to the foam board using
transfer paper, and then it was cut out with a razor. The photo was taken
by you in class. The piece was later given to a fellow student to be
placed on the ceiling over her bed (Ha!) in trade for a life-time place on
her Christmas card list (which I haven't been on in many years now —
and I can't now remember her name).
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#3. This work was done by Betsy Rivers Kennedy
A Wise Lover
This piece and 3 more variations of the quote were entered into the
Tidewater Art Alliance Portfolio Art Show the year after your class and
accepted and won an honorable mention!
After I did the cut-out bristol board over the watercolor Saran wrap piece, I
reassembled all the cut off scraps of letters into a template which I used for
an embossing in "white-on White", with 24k gold dots separating the words.
Then, I took the original cut out piece and had color copies made to which
transfer gold adhered. I used scraps of gold from used papers that probably
someone else would toss.
I called these "original prints"' as no two were alike. Now they call it mixed
media.
The forth version was in footed Roman caps.
I have sold the 2 big originals and a number of the prints. But I still have the
plain roman cap version.
Those 2 years with you were some of the best times of my life. Thank you
for providing the means to create the experience.
You were and are a great teacher and gave us so much in your courses.
I am still passing it along in teaching a class here & there.
And still doing free-lance commission work.
I do miss Gwen.
Take the cannoli.
This piece was done for Session 1 homework in the Primitive to Modern
class. The assignment was to do a modernized version of black letter by
changing the style and/or color. I was inspired by the work of Guillermo
Rodriguez-Benitez. I noticed his spirited style in many subsequent works
I have come across since then. But I was especially drawn to the
lettering that was completely connected and cut out of one piece of
paper. I wanted to do this for my 21-
year-old son, Drew, this being his favorite quote from The Godfather:
"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." (I love Drew's sense of humor!)
I found the exact image I wanted to use of Don Corleone and printed it
on bristol stock. I did the lettering and had to spend a good deal of time
arranging the words to get the connections I wanted. I decided to
capitalize "Gun" and "Cannoli" to bring some interesting breaks into the
black letter forms. Once I had everything positioned satisfactorily, I
traced it onto white bristol stock, and set to cutting out the shape with
an exacto knife. I mounted the lettering with very narrow strips of black
foam board glued with rubber cement, so it is significantly raised from
the photograph.
Size: 11 x 15
______________________________________________________
#2. This work was done by Michael Noyes
Big Neuland
Well, obviously, this piece is a Neuland exemplar, done for homework I
think. It measures about 4x8 feet and is cut out of a single sheet of
polystyrene foam board insulation with an aluminum foil face. The
letters were individually hand-drawn on paper, scanned and digitized in
Adobe Illustrator, arranged on screen, printed full-size on multiple
sheets of 8.5x11 inch paper, and attached together.
The outline on the multiple sheets was applied to the foam board using
transfer paper, and then it was cut out with a razor. The photo was taken
by you in class. The piece was later given to a fellow student to be
placed on the ceiling over her bed (Ha!) in trade for a life-time place on
her Christmas card list (which I haven't been on in many years now —
and I can't now remember her name).
__________________________________________________
#3. This work was done by Betsy Rivers Kennedy
A Wise Lover
This piece and 3 more variations of the quote were entered into the
Tidewater Art Alliance Portfolio Art Show the year after your class and
accepted and won an honorable mention!
After I did the cut-out bristol board over the watercolor Saran wrap piece, I
reassembled all the cut off scraps of letters into a template which I used for
an embossing in "white-on White", with 24k gold dots separating the words.
Then, I took the original cut out piece and had color copies made to which
transfer gold adhered. I used scraps of gold from used papers that probably
someone else would toss.
I called these "original prints"' as no two were alike. Now they call it mixed
media.
The forth version was in footed Roman caps.
I have sold the 2 big originals and a number of the prints. But I still have the
plain roman cap version.
Those 2 years with you were some of the best times of my life. Thank you
for providing the means to create the experience.
You were and are a great teacher and gave us so much in your courses.
I am still passing it along in teaching a class here & there.
And still doing free-lance commission work.
I do miss Gwen.
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