This year my daily art is different from past years in that I don't make a piece every day with the same format that I can easily photograph and post to my blogs. Instead I have a theme -- maps -- but no rules as to what kind of art I should do each day with a map. Some days I might be making a little book, other days a collage/painting, other days a 3D construction. Some days I work on a continuing project without trying to precisely document the beginning and end of that particular day's work.
I haven't reported on my progress in quite a while, so maybe it's time for an update.
One of the new formats that I've been doing more than once is what I call "endless highway," in which I cut small bits from the road atlas or other map source and join them to others. Sometimes I mount these constructions in accordion books; sometimes I make cubes.
It's amusing to see a highway go from Cleveland to Honolulu to Twin Falls.
Fine challenges! Re your cubes: you could try a cm wide sliver of mm thick stiff plastic or metal which is slim enough to slide in the open side and is firm enough to press down inside.
ReplyDeleteI use acrylic sheet for drypoint printing plates, and have found that slim offcuts are useful for that kind of operation.
Olga, I have used the smooth sides of the baby's Lego blocks for that purpose, but it's still a pain. I've thought maybe I should start with a styrofoam cube inside... but still thinking!
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