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| Flying Cormorant over Sea |
Have you ever drawn on a shell or piece of Mylar? Well drawing on a lasagna noodle has a similarly good feeling. That mat surface where the pencil drags a bit and the surface becomes alive. Well a few years ago, I moved to the top of a dune in Truro, with a great view of the Pamet River and had a lot of time on my hands. I invited some friends for dinner and made lasagna, and I thought I would try out that pre-cooked variety. I bought 2 boxes and only used one and a few extras from box number 2. I did not like the pre-cooked lasagna at all (to eat), and thought of what to do with them.
So there I was with all of these extra noodles, a big lovely studio and poof out these paintings came.
Here are a few from my Cormorant Series.
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| One Cormorant |
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| 3 Cormorants and 6 Legs |
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| Three Cormorants Singing |
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| Big Cormorant |
I have had them put away, and while cleaning a little bit in my studio, I decided to pull them out and take a look and see about the way they held up. This is from Winter 2009. To my surprise they held up VERY WELL.
There is a big risk factor in both painting them as well as storing them. They can break. I was thinking of them archivally (not sure that is a word), though not really knowing the archival factor in a lasagna noodle, but I thought well, mummies held up for 2,000 years maybe these will too. So, I waxed both sides of them so there was no chance that a bug or something hungry might not eat through to the noodle.
I have enjoyed looking at them and I think I may just start painting on them again. Framing is also a bit of an issue.
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| Harpo on Sheep |
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| You Looking at Me? |
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| Sheep on Harpo |
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| Two Sheep |
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| Baby Lamb |
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| Goat |
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| Pig with Pail |
This was a fun series. I may have started a new trend here with Encaustic on Lasagna Noodles! Whooda thunk.
Hi Cherie,
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely. Funny you brought up the challenge of framing them, while I was reading through the post I was thinking to myself how they could be hung... you could try “hinging” them at the back with framer’s acid free mounting tape (a heavier linen tape would be preferable), they could be hinged to matboard (float mounted) & framed. OR, you could attach d-ring hangers with the same tape & hang them directly to the wall.
Experiment with the tapes, some require water to activate the glue... the pasta may not want to stick to some of the tapes.
Jane
These look great, Cherie! What a fun series. Of course the ultimate would be to paint a pan of lasagna on a noodle.
ReplyDeleteCool....... I noted you waxed the back. Since I have thought of mounting paper waxed both front and back, I think you could consider getting some sort of upholstery or that sort of tack with a wide top... and mount them to a wood panel with the tacks in each corner. Of course you would have to find tacks that work aesthetically. OR..use tacks and then put encaustic paint on top of them to go with the painting. Just a thought.
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