Petroglyphs, Good Impressions, and the "Love Me" Piece

A project in Brooklyn, NY by Kevin Sudeith
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Creating a permanent document of modern life in a fishing village and making works on paper to transmit the art to remote audiences
Backers: 27
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Funded: $2,265 of $2,000
Dates: Oct 10th -> Nov 3rd (25 days)
Project By: Kevin Sudeith
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Latest News

Over-delivering?

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Reward fulfilled. Reward fulfilled Rather than writing the backer's name on the back, I wrote it on the front.   (Read More)

Best (and biggest) One Yet

October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone who has seen this one has loved it.  Because the halibut and the swordfish are on different planes on the rock, we decided to cut the paper to prevent it from tearing to shreds.  The two parts will be re-assembled with the halibut on top... (Read More)

One More Time on the Opposite side

October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Halibut and Swordfish impression in the making.   It's not just crowd-funding but crowd-making too.  So far, the best lesson of this project is value and importance of a team.  These big works would be impossible without help, so thanks Gloria,... (Read More)

Success: Swordfish

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
 This is the first really successful large impression on the hand made paper.  The color came out well, and the textures look great.     (Read More)

Take Two: After

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 The reassembled piece may wind up back in the pulp bucket before I'm done. Notice the different blacks in each fish?   (Read More)

Take Two: Instant Restoration

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 Taking the paper off the rock was a disaster.  Is it called 'restoration' if the artwork is brand new?   This photo shows the re-assembly of the work in the fish shed.  Individual sheets did not adhere to adjoining sheets despite being... (Read More)

Take Two: During

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 I started this after lunch and didn't finish applying the paper until after dark.  I applied the paper single-handedly, but needed help getting the paper off the rock.  With darkness came the dew and new problems.   (Read More)

Take Two: Before

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 Here's the rock when it's ready for a second attempt at a big impression.  The plan is to cover just the three big fish: salmon, striper and cod.    (Read More)

First Lesson

October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
 Here's the first big impression after it's dry.   The lessons: the red looks good, make the black colors darker, make the whole sheet of paper rectangular.  Back to the drawing board.   (Read More)

Drying in the fish house

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
 Here is part of the first big impression as it sits atop lobster traps drying in the shelter of the fish house.    (Read More)

Refinements

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Striped bass impression in the making After three days when the first big impression was dry enough to move, I flipped it over and had a look.   Now I am refining individual images so they appear well when part of the bigger impressions.  Thursday... (Read More)

First (BIG) Impression

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
First really big impression was a qualified success. The assembled hand made paper stuck together well producing one three by twelve foot impression.  (Read More)

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