LEVITATE/SVÄVA
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hi.
so nice to hear from you yesterday; thanks for your comments!
i am really proud of this new batch of work so it's always wonderful to hear from you guys about it.
the process on this new project was a really interesting one. i think i first saw a photograph silkscreened on marieke's blog, treats & treasures. i knew i had to give it a try because i am so inspired when i see mediums in art being meshed. so elisabeth and i were already emailing about LINES & SHAPES and our correspondences sort of organically turned into a collaboration. i adore elisabeth's work ... both illustration and photography (see more of it here). she takes me to another place where things don't necessarily make sense and they don't need to; i just love that openness.
i emailed her the photographs i had in mind and she did her drawings right on top of them. the moment i saw them i knew they was perfect (i knew because my heart skipped a beat like it does when i am sure about something) and Levitate/Sväva was born. there was no going back & forth, no question of whether elisabeth had nailed it ... she just did and after her minor tweaks, it was onto silkscreening from there.
this part was sort of a challenge since, well, i had never silkscreened before! ... but i will say, i totally loved it. it reminds me a lot of letterpress printing ... the way you get the screen made, put lots of work into the set up and then print, with wonderful thick ink, one item at a time. thank goodness i had a good, and patient, teacher in lena. and it's a very good thing that all of the prints traveled well with me on the plane to and from new york to do the actual work. it was fun to tuck them, packed in foam core and tissue, onto the floor under the seat in front of me and know that i was the only one on the plane with Levitate/Sväva! it made me feel important. :) and now the prints are well-traveled and will have lots of stories of their adventures to tell.
i also wanted to mention, lastly, that i realize with this new project that i might have priced some of you who might have fallen in love (i know i fall in love with art all the time!) out of actually owning a piece of it. it's always hard to price art but with this being such a small edition, and so much actual labor, it ended up being my most expensive project ... even more so than a year of the card society ($140) or my new custom card set ($150). just know that if you ever wanted to do a layaway with me for one of the Levitate/Sväva pieces, i'd be happy to hear from you! i have done this with lots of art in my home. i can always be emailed at: maria@port2portpress.com.
i hope your day is great!
thanks again for all the notes of support and of course the orders.
xx mav
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Gallery: 3/08
Name:: Michelle
URL:: armasdesign.blogspot.com
03/11/2008
I really love these images, and this is one of my favorite projects you have done so far.
Name:: reya
03/18/2008
i love seeing these pictures of the printing process. merging mediums and unconventional collaborations make my heart skip a beat as well.
