“One day, you will be a painter!” This is what a coal mine laborer heard one day when he was working deep down in the mines. Augustin Lesage, kept communicating with these spirits who guided him to buy canvas, brushes and paint and traced through his hand. For the next two years, he painted a background of beige/off white and covered it with bright colors letting the spirits guide his hand. He began in the upper right corner and gradually filled it as the spirits did not let him evaluate the work in its entirety: part of the canvas remained rolled as they guided his hand. This mysterious, yet untitled painting is our inspiration for the Art Bead scene – MAY ABS –May Monthly Challenge and here are the earrings I made – Le Triangle Earrings!
Our Inspiration
“Untitled” by Augustin Lesage
This painting in particular resonated a lot with me as I used to make digital paintings in this style as a school kid. When we first got a desktop way back in 2001, I made a lot of artwork using paint. The colors were electric and tools fascinating. Most importantly I could just create one side and mirror the image to create more depth. I could also create details easily in large sizes and then transform them to a fraction of the original size while still retaining all of the details. The resultant images would look surreal, some times extraterrestrial coupling geometric with abstracted versions of organic shapes. I didnt know the meaning of these big sounding words at 16 but I just loved the output even though many around me felt that it made no sense.
Coming to this challenge, I wondered if I should use all the details brought about by my trip down the memory lane or just be indirect and abstract going with the style of the artists. I then decided to keep it indirect and focus on the colors, triangular forms and also threw some texture in for a good measure. These Triangle Earrings look as though they are made of crackled glass but they are made of Paper and resin .
Here are my takeaways – in the format that I followed in the last challenge- Kahlo necklace as everyone appreciated the decoding process.
Coming to this challenge, I wondered if I should use all the details brought about by my trip down the memory lane or just be indirect and abstract going with the style of the artists. I then decided to keep it indirect and focus on the colors, triangular forms and also threw some texture in for a good measure. These Triangle Earrings look as though they are made of crackled glass but they are made of Paper and resin .
Here are my takeaways – in the format that I followed in the last challenge- Kahlo necklace as everyone appreciated the decoding process.
My Takeaways:
Mood – surreal, bordering on ethereal
Colors – Magenta, pink, yellow and orange
Forms – Triangles stacked one on top of the other as in the painting and circles used at the top
Imagery – Bold- strong and light at the same time
Details – Crushed texture
Materials –These earrings are made of cardboard, foil, alcohol inks and have been coated with resin
Pearl dangles and antique brass studs complete these earrings which are super light to wear
Look – Ethnic
Art component – by Divya N
So how do you like them? Are they too indirect or could they have had more details?
See earrings made in the same technique in my previous post on Structured paper earrings
I hope you found it interesting
Cheers
See earrings made in the same technique in my previous post on Structured paper earrings
I hope you found it interesting
Cheers
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