Monday, February 2, 2009

Construction Zone

I have just begun a collaboration with Julie from The Land of Lost Luggage and Lynne from Heart and Life. We are each building our own graffiti wall. Over the course of the next few months, we will each create collaged and altered paper which we will then mail to each other and use as building materials. Click on the above links to see Julie and Lynne's posts about this project.

My wall will be built on a 3' x 3' stretched canvas, the biggest size I have ever worked with by far! Here is a glimpse of the foundation I built before the wall goes up. It wont look anything like this when completed.


Lynne sent me these great paper pieces and there was even a torn part of one of her signature faces which I might just have to keep intact!



Julie sent me a 31" x 21" piece of paper that she had worked on but hadn't yet torn. I almost feel guilty tearing it up...but those are the rules. Click here to see an amazing video that Julie made about this project and her papers. And below are some close-ups of her beautiful work.





All three of us will be posting about our progress during construction. Stay tuned.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this idea, Seth...so happy to be working on a project like this with you both!

Jill Zaheer said...

Very exciting project! Looking forward to watching how the graffiti wall comes together for each one of you -as you all have such unique and distinct styles. The fun part will be to see how everyone takes the three sets of "grafitti wall material" and makes their own construction site.
Jill

lynne h said...

seth, i sure love the foundation you've built! i know you'll put everything together in a magical way...

femminismo said...

Too much fun! Your projects get everyone working toward a common goal. Can't wait to see how this goes. Jeanne

Barb Smith said...

What a cool idea, Seth. I can't wait to see the pieces in progress...I do hope you'll share the steps along the way with us. I just love seeing your art and would find it amazing to come along on the journey with you.
Peace & Love,
~Barb~
http://craft-therapy.blogspot.com

Jeane Myers said...

totally staying tuned, staying glued is more like it! rock the graffiti walls!

Dave King said...

A fascinating blog. I have had a happy trawl and shall be back for more.

Gaby Bee said...

What a wonderful project. Really fun. Can't wait to see more...
Gaby xo

Gillian McMurray said...

Lynne and Julie have sent you some wonderful pieces using beautiful colours. Can't wait to see the finished projects.

jo horswill said...

I just LOVE your foundation wall image!
Would have been more than happy to know, that this was the finished piece. :)
Great project Seth, looking forward to watching this evolve.

Jason said...

Looks like fun Seth!

Mary Buek said...

I, too, am a fan of the foundation wall. I love this kind of art, Seth, and I know I'll be intrigued by what you three come up with. By the way, leave me a message so I can send you a collage. . . everyone wins.

Leslie Avon Miller said...

I love the old wall. I can only imagine how much fun it has been so far. Rock on Seth!

notmassproduced said...

great collaboration and i really love the foundation as it is!!

Anonymous said...

Mr.Gorbachev?

"...TEAR - DOWN - THAT - WALL.

(I'd be cringing too)

eb said...

what fun - will be watching!!!

xox - eb.

Unknown said...

What an incredible collaboration! It makes bloggerland and bloggerfriends seem more real than pretend .... One more cool thing to check back and see the progress of :)

laurel said...

Just can hardly wait to see how it all progresses! Loved her plug for pc at the end of the video. Made me chuckle.

Unknown said...

This is gonna be cool!

Curio said...

What is better than one creative person? A group of creative people...I can't wait to see what develops. The video was fantastic as well!

Anonymous said...

you bet that would be hard to use nay of those treasures.. love the paper Lynme chooses to work on.

rivergardenstudio said...

What an exciting project, I am going to love seeing all your work together... incredible sneak peaks from you all! Roxanne

Chris said...

With you three involved, this is going to be mind-blowingly kewl.

Anonymous said...

Lol - It will be son interesting to see what you do with a 3' x 3' canvas
What fun!
K

Karen Cole said...

Holy smokes, when do you have time for work?

What a fabulous idea!!!!!! I'm green...viridian green.

mansuetude said...

its like following a journal on a journey...

Lost Aussie said...

Looks like a great fun project. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

Anonymous said...

Fantastic project, going to be very interesting to watch this develop!