Packing tape art
I’m really amazed by this guy’s work:
He makes art out of brown packing tape on plexiglass. I’d love to try my hand at some, but I have no idea how it works. How would you plan a work like this?
Jodie says: “why don’t you ask your friends at reubenland?” …so…any ideas?
I think it is vaguely based on stained glass techniques…
Great find! Striking!
It’s just crosshatching, except using packing tape instead of a pen/pencil. Ie for darker areas, just add more layers of tape — it looks like light = 1 layer, dark = 6 layers. He’s probably used a scalpel to get the detailed lines but it’s a very straightforward process. Then it just needs backlighting!
I’m pumped about ‘big art’ at the moment after our little wall art project at Ridley… We’re already thinking about another one when the temporary fence comes down in 9 months!
Reply to ArthurIt also looks like there’s a careful control of creases in the tape – perhaps in the final layer – to get simple lines.
Reply to SamCohenFrom the website:
You’re painting with tape. Do you sometimes start to work intuitional or do you always have a plan for your next piece?
I always have a plan. I go by motivation: I conceive an idea and live with it, and if in a while it still feels right to me, I work on it. Working with tape is like entering the chaos, or like swimming in the stormy ocean – very difficult, requires full concentration and estimation, otherwise I will not make it through. Nevertheless, sometimes one has to let go and trust the waves. Working with tape is like balancing between those two polarities: calculation and letting go.
If you “paint” with tape are you going to end up sounding like a tosser?
Reply to Steve BoxwellYeah, if i do try it i’ll aim to avoid the phrase painting with tape
@arthur, sam – I figured something like that. It would take some skill to break a picture down into “pixels” or colour segments so that it is still recognisable and displays the right kind of depth. I guess that’s why he “always has a plan”.
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