Followings are the photos taken during their treatment.
These are the photos of damage before the conservation. My scroll painting got a mad water stain and smork dust.
...and some fire man's kicks!
内田有美(日本画)のロンドン留学日記
Our MA Fine Art Studio at Wilson Road, Camberwell College of Art was on fire on 28th June. This movie was taken 3 days after the fire. Some students’ works got very serious damage. This is so sad. However, we are still planning to have show on schedule. We will do our utmost for the show and recover from this depression.
Fortunately, both of my works, Cuckoos and Doodles on A National Treasure Project were survived (It was almost miracle!) though they got some damage. I will write about how my works were rescued in a different article.
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Camberwell College of Art
MA FineArt Show
Private View 13th July, 2010
Open to the public 14th - 17th July
Wednesday - Friday 10:00am - 8:00pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm*
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For visitor information & travel details go to:
visit www. camberwell.arts.ac.uk/summershow2010
White Roses (2010) paper clay Lost in the fire 28 June, 2010
(My own way of showing differences in repetitions)
I found the word “apparent paradox” while I was researching Carl Andre. I like this word and thought it would be interesting if I could create apparent paradox on my painting. In my next painting, Cuckoos, apparent paradox appears in following ways:
· Enormously enlarged small creatures
· Ordinal lives decorated by rare metals
· Differences in repetitions
· Newly painted but has exfoliated touch
· A large painting consists of small pieces
· Death as an evidence of life
Cicada
2009
116cm x 91cm
I found a cicada specimen at The National History Museum.
I thought the branch-like shapes in the wings look interesting.
I was wondering if I can make abstract trial with extracting the cicada’s characteristic features such as transparent wings and skeletons. I sprinkled some solution of alum imaging some part of cicada first. Then dye paper with gold ink.
The materials being used at this stage: Japanese paper, diluted alum, gold ink cake
I liked the freedom looking of dye work. I cut the paper into 4 and mount on the board after changed their order. Added some colors and tried to observe the fractals. I realized that the color works started this way are very difficult for me if I still want to stay with original motif, cicada. Though I enjoyed colors, I decide to withhold this painting because abstraction with colors seemed large issue to be studied independently from my current project.
Split the image into 4 pieces and oxidized metallic leaves by pressing the sulfurized paper with an iron. (The same technique is used in my octopus painting.)
Trying to enhance the painting with representing the wings…
I decided to omit the panel in the right end. I think I should dye paper first to enjoy this painting more. I wanted to avoid dull symmetry looking and that is why I added some wings in left sides but now the large blank space in the right side became boring