This is my rendition of Contrast. I chose the word, then I
did what everyone else in this group probably does, just go blank and scratch
my head in puzzlement. What am I going to make?
So I played around with the word….black & white is contrasting,
so are a lot of other colors, but I wanted to make something totally different
and out of the ordinary. I decided to do, my daughter Sarah, who has very light
skin and dark hair = CONTRAST.
First I asked permission to use a photo she had which was a
gift for a friend - well she is an adult and I didn’t just want to take her
photo without permission.
Then I did some photoshop stuff with it, like change it to
“posterized” which gives me about six colors to choose from, rather than look
at the subject/colors all at once. It broke the tones up so I could see where
to make transitions.
Because the original pic was square, I had to get this
enlarged somehow, so I used the copier at work and did it in sections. (Since
then a friend has given me an enlarger!)
I then outlined the sections and used a black magic marker
to divide up the colors, and then numbered them. Luckily for me, I found a
person who does fabric dying in all the shades I was looking for (skin tones)
at the Mancuso show in August.
The piece is not sewn, but fused, and I framed it as well. I thought it would look better this way. I
did try some sewing, but it was very distracting and I just wasn’t happy with
it.
Check out more fun work at Off The Wall Friday!
Check out more fun work at Off The Wall Friday!