Often when we are working in class, pulp looks like food. Jean Funcke has some pinkish pulp that is so similar to cake icing that I wish someone had brought a birthday cake to class. Let’s take a moment to review why we even took this photo.
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Patricia LaPointe is constructing an object out of cotton pulp and an underwire structure. First placing a “de-constructed brassiere” on synthetic silkscreen material and outlining the shape with wet cotton pulp, she builds her shape.
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Waverly Liu printed an etching plate on thin sheets of abaca paper. The etching plate of the figure is larger than the plate. Thin abaca paper holds up to the etching printing process which requires dampening and drying. The prints are not flat but have a nice texutre and hold a plate tone as as background tint.
In class, we discussed using Adobe CS3 Automated Web gallery creator script in Photoshop and Bridge. As I mentioned, you can use many programs to automatically generate web galleries from your image files. In my next post, I will list other programs. A program that I have been using for over a year is Adobe Lightroom. By far, this is one of the fastest ways to generate web galleries. Last week Adobe release a free Beta version to Lightroom version 2. You can download a copy from this link. You will need to create an account and agree to license terms. Once you do, you will see a link for a copy of the beta for Macintosh and for Windows machines. You may not have interest in the digital photo processing procedures of Adobe Lightroom, but while the Beta version is operational, you will have some very attractive web templates, that can be created easily. Let me know if you have questions or problems with the download or install.
Jean Funcke made an accordion book by couching two sheets of handmade paper with pieces of ribbon between the two sheets. Once the sheets have been dried, they can be folded to create an accordion book. Note the texture of the paper that she used. Her paper is a mix of cotton fiber and cooked straw.
Often, in class, the question is posed. “Is this pulp beaten enough?” Often my reply is, “It depends” In Andrea Brdek’s case, this pulp is almost ready for what she wants to do.
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Amanda Larson, a student working with Professor Mary Hark from the Design Studies Department is working on a large screen type installation using abaca pulp in the paper mill. Below are some process photos as she is building her pieces.
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