What a Relief!

Wednesday
$130
  
  Michael deMeng
9:00 - 4:30
   

Student Level: All Levels
Type of Workshop: Process and Project

 

I love old portraits; especially ones in nice old gaudy frames. I am reminded of those old horror and mystery movies (or maybe it was Scooby Doo) where in the hero is wandering through the parlor of a strange mansion or castle, unaware that he is being watched by a portrait on the wall of Baron von Hamburger. The eyes in the paintings move…watching the protagonist as he snoops through the room. Well, I’ve always liked the idea of 2 dimensional portraits reaching out into the “real world”. Using old frames, old photographs (or paintings), along with doll parts and other three dimensional objects we will give the illusion that our portraits are trying to join the fun in the 3 rd dimension. Can you blame them? How boring to be stuck behind glass in a rectangle all the live-long-day.

Supplies Provided by Teacher for student's use in class:
Power Tools
Basic Tools
Some found objects

 Supply List:
-Aves Apoxie Clay ¼ lbs or more
-A couple of gaudy old frames (nothing larger than 8”x10”, but could be as small as you like)
-Photographs, tintypes, paintings, photocopies that will fit inside your frames
-Doll parts, toy figurines, various body parts from models, that will roughly correspond in size to the photographs or paintings you’re using.
-Variety of found objects that correspond with the size of the frame. These will be used on the frame as well as around the interior portrait. Could literally be anything.
-Bits of ephemera, text, and other paper images.
-Paint Brushes (a couple small detail brushes, and some cheap brushes (1/2 inch to 1 inch in size)
-Wire, a couple of different gauges
-Basic Tools…pliers, scissors,
-Paint (acrylic…preferably Golden brand…either fluid or heavy body will work)

Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, Anthraquinone Blue (Ultramarine or Pthalo Blue will work too), Black (Mars or Carbon), Pthalo Green (blue shade), Dioxazine Purple, Van Dyke Brown, Paynes Gray, Quinacridone Crimson

-Sand paper or sanding sponge
-Dap Kwik Seal for kitchen/bath in White - paintable, water base acrylic or latex
-Clear Liquid Nails or E6000

Optional Things:
Mica
Transparencies with images on them
Mesh or bits of fabric, string etc

Optional Paints:
Interference Colors (blue, violet or any others)
Iridescent colors (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper, etc)
Micaceous Iron Oxide

Optional Tools:
Heat gun
Dremel with cut-off wheel

Questions? Email Michael at assemblage@michaeldemeng.com
Website: www.michaeldemeng.com

 

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