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Plastic Ocean, 2016, by Tan Zi Xi aka MessyMsxi

Installation made of 500kg of discarded ocean plastic hanging from ceiling to immerse viewers and show the perspective of the ocean creatures facing plastic pollution

https://www.riseart.com/article/2485/9-artists-confronting-climate-change

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Mel Chin’s “Unmoored” in Times Square, New York City, 2018. Portrait by Aundre Larrow.

“Unmoored” is an app that, using Augmented Reality technology, shows what real places would look like by 2100 after water levels have risen around 6ft. Shown above is Times Square, now crowded with boats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/t-magazine/climate-change-art.html

11/18/20

I picked up my plates from the laser cutter today-- I think they turned out great! Of course, I’ll probably still have to make some revisions by hand, but I’m going to do a few test prints first. The only part I’m concerned about is the linework plate since I think the lines might be too thin...

2016/08/14 - このピンは、tamamoさんが見つけました。あなたも Pinterest で自分だけのピンを見つけて保存しましょう！

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Sep 10, 2016 - Catherine La Rose, Poesia, Pittura, Arte, Fotografia, Letteratura,

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Jan 5, 2014 - Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.

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artelino - Introduction to Sosaku Hanga, a modern Japanese art movement. Tips for collectors. Easy to read and understand.

“The shin hanga art movement was basically a modernization of the traditional Japanese printmaking - cautiously adding some Western elements like the effect of light and Western perspective...[while] the sosaku hanga movement had adopted the concept of the Western ideal of art as the product of the creativity of a genius - the artist.”

While investigating the Shin Hanga movement, I also came across the Sosaku Hanga movement, which occurred in tandem with Shin Hanga. This article explains the differences between really well, but the main idea that I took away is that Sosaku Hanga was self produced-- the original drawing, carving, and inking were all done by one person. Since that’s what I’m doing, I thought it would be worthwhile to investigate it too, and while I wasn’t as directly aesthetically inspired by these works, I felt empowered to be an independent creator like these artists.

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Shin-hanga was an art movement in early 20th-century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, that revitalized traditional ukiyo-e art rooted in the Edo...

Earlier on, after looking at some of my earlier sketches for the Flora Terra project, in particular after noting that I was interested in portraiture, Endi recommended the Shin Hanga Bijinga movement. So, I ended up looking a lot at different examples of these ‘beauty portraits’ that they used to do for inspiration.

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Flora Tera -- “Final” Sketch

Something that I admire a lot about moku hanga in general is the beautiful simplicity it can achieve. I have a tendency to feel like my work needs to be complicated in order to be interesting, and I wanted to try and break away from that with this piece. The lines themselves are very simple, and I want to explore more depth using primarily inking techniques and the choice of paper. My plan is to make the paper that I print on and strategically embed different dried plants inside. I’d also like to dye the paper a kind of brown color, similar to the color I put for the illustration but a little different.

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Flora Terra -- Newer sketch #2

This sketch is kind of going in a completely different direction, but I think the idea is fun. I was inspired by one of the past student’s works that Endi put up on the studio wall earlier in the year-- an image of a hand that was like an xray and you could see the bones. I really liked that idea, but wasn’t sure how I could use that kind of thinking in my own work.

This idea came about mostly from the simple thought that the hard white exterior of windmills is a lot like a skeleton, and imagining what it would be like with those other layers as well.

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Flora Terra -- Newer Iteration

This version is really close to what I want, but it’s not quite there. Symbolically, I think it represents what I’m intending it to, but I think that something about the rectangular frame throws me off.

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Terra Flora Sketches Round 2

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Paper from critique 10/20

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Prints from Critique 10/20

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[Oct 13] Finally removed my first sheet of washi! + some close ups

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Japanese artist Takaya adorns the heads of models with raw vegetables and blossoming flowers. The artist affixes the clusters of plants to styled hair, just like a florist would arrange a bunch of flowers, before pruning them with hairdressing scissors. This unusual form of decoration is used for both live performances and weddings. Another story

I really love the way the artist is combining natural elements (veggies!) and the human form here. It’s fascinating.

#takaya #inspiration

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