Curley Larry Moe
There used to be a thing called “op art”. It was in the warhol soaked early sixties, and pop art morphed into op art. There were these geometric shapes and patterns, and if you focused long enough, breathed a lot, and did the right drugs, you might see a vision in the folds.
Or so the story goes. I was in grammar school at the time, reading about it in Life Magazine.
After a while, I became an older child, and started making pictures. The pictures ( artwork is a dirty word) were backlit images made of sticker paper and tape. They were designed to be seen lit from behind, like stained glass.
Because I cannot draw, I am attracted to geometric shapes. And the patterns of op art found new life.
The first round of this was in Autumn 2005. I had moved earlier that year, and was having a tough time getting back into the routine of making stuff. I did a bunch of these images then, and put the designs away for a while. But not before I offended a Jesus Worship blogger by suggesting the G-d was a source of inspiration.
Late last year, I got the urge to do another geometric image. The beauty of these( some of them) is the ease of production. Just cut the materials into rectangles and put them on the film.
In the time between round one and round two, I had “learned” the “art” of photoshop image mischief. I manipulated the “297 Pasadena” image, and realized that there was potential for another image. After much experimenting, I settled on a concept, and translated it into a drawing that could be the base for an image.
Surely madness this way lies.
The first image went well, and I decided to try two more. The starting models for these were very different. One was an orderly scheme for a picture, the other was chaos. (When I write “chaos”, the program tries to auto finish “chamblee”)
The chaos image became a usable shot fairly quickly, and the ready to go picture took a lot of work. Finally, I finished all three, then had to wait two weeks for a sunny day to photograph them.
I still had not named them when I took pictures, and thought in terms of three person teams. Without a whole lot of thought I chose my role models.
Or so the story goes. I was in grammar school at the time, reading about it in Life Magazine.
After a while, I became an older child, and started making pictures. The pictures ( artwork is a dirty word) were backlit images made of sticker paper and tape. They were designed to be seen lit from behind, like stained glass.
Because I cannot draw, I am attracted to geometric shapes. And the patterns of op art found new life.
The first round of this was in Autumn 2005. I had moved earlier that year, and was having a tough time getting back into the routine of making stuff. I did a bunch of these images then, and put the designs away for a while. But not before I offended a Jesus Worship blogger by suggesting the G-d was a source of inspiration.
Late last year, I got the urge to do another geometric image. The beauty of these( some of them) is the ease of production. Just cut the materials into rectangles and put them on the film.
In the time between round one and round two, I had “learned” the “art” of photoshop image mischief. I manipulated the “297 Pasadena” image, and realized that there was potential for another image. After much experimenting, I settled on a concept, and translated it into a drawing that could be the base for an image.
Surely madness this way lies.
The first image went well, and I decided to try two more. The starting models for these were very different. One was an orderly scheme for a picture, the other was chaos. (When I write “chaos”, the program tries to auto finish “chamblee”)
The chaos image became a usable shot fairly quickly, and the ready to go picture took a lot of work. Finally, I finished all three, then had to wait two weeks for a sunny day to photograph them.
I still had not named them when I took pictures, and thought in terms of three person teams. Without a whole lot of thought I chose my role models.
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