Handmade

Last semester I had started experimenting with creating my own paper and printing on it using Liquid Light. I was very satisfied with the results and I'm confident that I can create  good prints using these materials. It's going to take a lot more experimenting to get the timing down right but I feel like I'm close to figuring it out. I really like the idea of using handmade paper. It makes me feel more connected to the images I'm showing, since I have imagery placed on paper made of entirely natural materials. I feel more of a connection to my work when I get to use my hands and create the materials I'm going to be using.

"He must approach nature directly and simply, with concentration that is absolute. He dissects only that particular fragment of nature which is before him, and that unconsciously. 'the precious sensation of closeness to nature is so fleeting and so fickle, so often not there at all, and so frightened, that it is easily scared away by the cold voice of the man with a rule to follow" (Beatty, John; The Relation of Art to Nature 1). 


"My purpose in writing this treatise is to establish, if this be found possible, a foundation for the belief that the art of the painter and sculptor is imitative, not creative; that the great masterpieces of art which have withstood the test of time rest firmly upon the supreme expression of character and beauty as these qualities are revealed in man and nature; that it is the mission of art to reveal and make plain these rare and lovely qualities" (Beatty, John; The Relation of Art to Nature 2).

Beatty, John Wesley. Relation of Art to Nature. [S.l.]: General, 2010. Print.