black and white prototype. 30" x 30". black gesso on pre primed canvas. overlapping pieces sliced with mat knife and woven back together for irregular checker pattern.
Nice. Was the slicing and weaving difficult? Seems like canvas might fight the straight line.
Surprising how well it went. The canvas was cheep-o Fredericks brand, so very light material. The bands don't fight since they are opposed. Snugs up nice w just a little over/under gapping. Side by sides are real tight. I measured and marked where I wanted the widths to be. Then sliced with a fresh bladed utility knife and a t-square. It was based on a sketch I had made and found to be successful, then I enlarged it. I think this would be best at about 5' x 5' with a nicer quality fine weave pre primed linen.
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black and white prototype. 30" x 30". black gesso on pre primed canvas. overlapping pieces sliced with mat knife and woven back together for irregular checker pattern.
- bill 5-30-2012 2:30 pm
Nice. Was the slicing and weaving difficult? Seems like canvas might fight the straight line.
- steve 5-30-2012 3:05 pm [add a comment]
Surprising how well it went. The canvas was cheep-o Fredericks brand, so very light material. The bands don't fight since they are opposed. Snugs up nice w just a little over/under gapping. Side by sides are real tight. I measured and marked where I wanted the widths to be. Then sliced with a fresh bladed utility knife and a t-square. It was based on a sketch I had made and found to be successful, then I enlarged it. I think this would be best at about 5' x 5' with a nicer quality fine weave pre primed linen.
- bill 5-30-2012 3:20 pm [add a comment]