"The Aftermath Series" Farm Wildfire to Encaustic Photographic Art
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This document describes an artist's response and creative process after a wildfire destroyed their farm and buildings. It discusses the artist creating encaustic prints from pre-fire and post-fire photographic images of the farm for an art show. It details the challenges of printing large-scale images on rice paper, including wrinkling issues and different mounting and framing techniques. The artist finds the process somewhat cathartic and hopes to replant olive trees and only experience controlled fires on the farm going forward.
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"The Aftermath Series" Farm Wildfire to Encaustic Photographic Art
- 1. “THE AFTERMATH SERIES” FARM WILD FIRE TO ENCAUSTIC PHOTOGRAPHIC ART CREATING ONE OF ONE ARTISTIC PRINTS FROM DESTRUCTION FOR: MAYFAIRE, GALLERY DISPLAY, AND CATHARTIC RELIEF
- 2. PHONE CALLS & FIRE • COWBOYS: NEIGHBORS CALLED SAID YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE • ME: NO WAY, ALARM HASN’T GONE OFF • COWBOYS: WELL, SOMETHING IS BURNING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE • ME: WHHHAAAAT?
- 3. ANXIETY • ON THE WAY TO THE FARM, ITS ROUGHLY AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES • YOU CAN SEE THE PLUME OF SMOKE FROM MILES AWAY • BOTTOM OF STOMACH FALLS EVEN LOWER • ARRIVE AT GATE WITH TWO WATER TANKERS IN THE ROAD • LOTS OF HOSE GOING INTO THE FARM
- 4. OH SHIT! • DRIVE IN AND MEET THE FIRE CAPTAIN, SHE EXPLAINS WHAT THEY ARE DOING • THREE FIRE STATIONS FROM ORANGE COUNTY & ONE FROM LAKE COUNTY • TWO TANKERS, FOUR PUMPERS, TWO BRUSH TRUCKS, AND ABOUT 4000LF OF HOSE • FIRE HAS JUMPED FROM MY PROPERTY, MOVED INTO A WESTERN PASTURE AND IS HEADING TOWARD MONTEREY MUSHROOM’S COMPOST ACREAGE AND TANGERINE AIRPORT
- 5. MIXED RELIEF • FARM HOUSE, WASH SHED, WELL, AND TWO OUT LYING SHEDS SURVIVED • BARN AND ALL EQUIPMENT IS DESTROYED • SHOP, ALL SPARE PARTS, AND TOOLS • TWO TRACTORS • TWO SPRAY RIGS • SCAFFOLDING • MOWER DECK • PIPE AND PUMPS
- 6. CHOICES • FIND SOME NEWER USED EQUIPMENT • SALVAGE WHAT CAN BE USED • CLEAN UP THE MESS • CONTACT THE STATE AND FEDERAL AG FOLKS FOR ASSISTANCE • START AGAIN • MAKE SOME ART
- 7. IMAGE MAKING: BALLS & BARN • ENCAUSTIC IMAGES FROM LAST YEARS BARN SERIES • ENCAUSTIC IMAGES POST FIRE
- 9. PRINTING & FINISHING RICE PAPER • TEST PRINTS ON 8” X 10” STANDARD STOCK • TEST PRINTS ON 11” X 17” RICE PAPER • QUICK WAX INFUSION TO SEE HOW THE PAPER AND IMAGE BEHAVE TOGETHER • TRY LARGER SHEETS OF RICE PAPER • TEST IT ON SMALLER GESSO COATED BOARD • BECOME EXCITED!
- 11. HEAT: GOOD & BAD
- 12. WAX TECHNIQUE • INFUSING WAX ON AND INTO RICE PAPER
- 13. FLOATED RICE PAPER INFUSED WITH WAX
- 14. GESSO BOARD & RICE PAPER • USES A DRY MOUNT GLUE TO BOND PAPER TO GESSO BOARD • RICE PAPER TENDS TO WRINKLE WHEN IT BECOMES DAMP FROM GLUE • A PROBLEM TO OVERCOME……….
- 15. MIXED RESULTS • DEPENDING ON HOW THE VIEWER LIKES THEIR ART • “I LIKE THE ADDITIONAL TEXTURE THE WRINKLES BRINGS TO THE PRINT” • “I DON’T LIKE THE WRINKLES, MAKE THEM GO AWAY”
- 16. GESSO BOARD MOUNTED IMAGES • 20”X20” IMAGES • 24”X36” IMAGES
- 18. RICE PAPER FLOATED IMAGES
- 19. MAYFAIRE BY THE LAKE
- 20. FUTURE HOPE: ART, OLIVE TREES, & FIRE • CREATING THIS BODY OF WORK HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT CATHARTIC (BUT NOT COMPLETELY) • PRINTS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS SOME OF MY STRONGEST AND BEST WORK TO DATE • OLIVE TREES ARE GROWING IN THE NURSERY • STATE & FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL AGENCIES ARE BEING SUPPORTIVE • ONLY TYPE OF FIRE I WANT TO EXPERIENCE AGAIN AT THE FARM