Re: Keith's gum prints on wood panels

[Keith Gerling <keith.gerling@gmail.com>]

Thanks Diana,

I absolutely love the cracked and aged works.  They look like chunks
of ancient frescos that have been chipped out of the wall.  It is very
difficult to obtain consistency in using that approach, and to be
honest with you, I have concerns about longevity.  I'm afraid the
print will be bumped and the entire print will crack and fall off of
the wood.  I feel much safer using the later approach recently
discussed here on marine plywood.

Keith



On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Diana Bloomfield
<dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I have to agree with Katharine here.  These are really intriguing and so
> beautiful, Keith-- and, as someone else mentioned a while back, I also like
> and prefer the sort of crackling, somewhat aged, look when printed on the
> wood.  Agree, too, about the exhibition plus -- no need for matting,
> glazing, or framing, if you don't want that.  Really nice work and subject
> matter.
>
> Diana
>
> On Mar 3, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Katharine Thayer wrote:
>
>> I've just switched computers and can't refer back to that thread since
>> it's on another computer, but I followed that thread with interest and
>> wanted to comment again on how much I like this work.  I think I like these
>> on wood even better than the previous group on masa.  I love how the color
>> and monochrome pieces work together and create a body of work that's
>> coherent and integrated but at the same time varied enough to remain
>> interesting and engaging throughout.  Excellent work.
>>
>> I don't know if you have shown these, but one of the advantages of this
>> way of working would seem to me that they could be hung without matting or
>> framing.  Are you planning to present it that way?
>> Katharine
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