Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Fantastic Plastic




Thea Clark, Cyan Ellipse, brooch- cyanotype on silk, plastic dip, plexi glass, nickel silver, pearls, bone.


Do you recall,"Super Elastic Bubble Plastic"? I remember inhaling the strong fumes rising off the small blob of goo at the end of a straw as I tried with all the exhalation I could muster, to blow a bubble with the newest kid toy craze. It certainly opened my mind to the shifting viscosity of plastic.

Here's another piece using the viscous plastic dip.