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TPP: Kirkland Style Handmade PC

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Swap Coordinator:LahDeeDah (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Postcards  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:4
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:May 24, 2013
Date items must be sent by:June 8, 2013
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Make one postcard for one partner in the style of artist Vance Kirkland.

  • Use heavy paper and opaque paints of any color.

  • Paint a background on the paper. The background may be patterned or solid.

  • Splatter the background by flicking a loaded watercolor brush above the surface. (Watercolor brushes hold more paint.)

  • When the splatters have dried, apply dots to create shapes and lines. The dots must be close together for shapes to form. Use various-sized implements to alter the size of the dots. Bamboo skewers with the points removed, Q-tips with the cotton cut off, and dowels work well for this.

  • Adhere the completed painting to a piece of cardboard.

  • Write the swap information and your partner's name and address on the back.

  • Mail naked, unless prohibited by your post office.

Discussion

TerryF 05/ 8/2013 #

I see similarities to the Australian aboriginal art forms.

LahDeeDah 05/ 9/2013 #

Good point! (No pun intended.)

This is what the Kirkland Museum blog says about the similarities between his work and Australian aboriginal art:

Though art has always been a part of Aboriginal culture, the dot paintings began in 1971, when an art teacher named Geoffrey Bardon provided brushes and acrylic paint to a community in Papunya in the remote central desert. The dots, circles, and cross-hatching of these works, formerly done in sand, signified traditional stories. What had been ephemeral ceremonial patterns and shapes became lasting images in paint for the first time. This caused controversy among the tribal members, as some images depicted religious forms or rites that they believed could be harmful to women and children who viewed them in this more permanent form.

Vance Kirkland began his dot paintings in 1964, seven years before the dot trend in Aboriginal art began. As far as we know, he was not aware of Aboriginal art.

Interesting, isn't it? :-)

TerryF 05/ 9/2013 #

Neat! I LOVE aboriginal art!

TerryF 06/ 6/2013 #

Just a heads-up that I might be sending this a day or 2 late. I have contacted my partner (who is also the swap host) about it.

Paige1900 06/ 6/2013 #

I saw @dobie256 postcard that she made for this swap....totally freaking awesome!

TerryF 06/ 9/2013 #

Mine...not so awesome. lol

TerryF 06/ 9/2013 #

I just ran to the corner and mailed this! (";)

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