MOCA Sunday Studio, December 2, 2012

In December, I went to another Sunday Studio entitled, "Pushing the Boundaries of Painting" Mixed Media on Canvas by MOCA's creative Sunday Studio community. We started by focusing on sculpture pieces by Lee Bontecou. 

Then we had access to lots of sculpture materials - burlap, wire, netting, needle and thread, string, glue, cotton, fabric. I started filling the wire netting with cotton and then used a needle with string to envelop it into a flower. David made a cloud out of burlap, staples, string and cotton. We were then encouraged to leave our pieces there as part of a larger collaborative installation sculpture wall. 

Color Lab, MOCA Sunday Studio, September 2, 2012

I am a little behind on my blogging so a few blogs now from past artsy explorations. In September, MOCA Grand Ave had one of their SUNDAY STUDIOS. The emphasis was color and the interaction of colors. We started off with a discussion on one of the Rothko pieces in the museum. Then we went outside and played with colored gels, pastels, brightly colored tissue papers and all types of technicolor supplies... Here are some photos of my exploration below:

Cyanotypes at MOCA

I tried the Sunday Studio art class at MOCA Los Angeles last weekend. They have a tour of the exhibit and then a hands-on art project that compliments the exhibit for MOCA members. For the current show at the Geffen, LAND ART, we had an interesting tour followed by making cyanotypes. I hadn't made one since I was young so this was a fun project.

It has a few simple steps:
1. I chose some objects - tree needles, and crystals.
2. I made a drawing with dark black grease pencil (or sharpie marker) onto clear acetate.
3. I laid a glass panel down, then my sun print paper, then the needles and drawing, then the 2nd glass panel, and then the crystals on top (they won't blow away so heavy objects can go on top).

You can get sunprint paper here (http://www.amazon.com/TEDCO-Sun-Art-Paper-8x10/dp/B003JJBLC0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341858564&sr=8-1&keywords=cyanotype+paper)

4. Then I laid the whole thing in the sun for about 5-10 minutes. The longer you leave it, the darker you get.
5. Then I washed off the paper in a water bath and held to dry. I originally hung it up but I didn't want the paper to wrinkle so decided to carry it around with me when I went back into the museum.

I am going to have to get some paper myself and make more of these at home!

Here are some photos of my art piece...