Project 2

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I began with the concept of sitting under leaves looking up at that layering and collage that occurs. Since most of my thoughts about this were of a 3d object hanging, I decided to go down a different path.

The next process took me to a train accident that occurred where most of my extended family lives in Graniteville, SC. It occurred January 6, 2005 when a train carrying a very concentrated form of chlorine collided with another train. The chlorine spilled into the ground and created a chlorine gas which killed 8 people and evacuated the entire town for almost a week. The images of fire trucks bleached white and metal buildings completely corroded in a day was far darker than my original peaceful concept. i created an altered book with cotton, paint, maps, cutouts, and photographs. Unfortunately, on the way to class it became bathed in coffee and separated.

Which brings us to the final concept. I ended with leaves that I cut out of a textured paper soaked in inks, paints, and colored with Lyra pencils on top of a moving blue background. It is the image that one would see in the fall canoeing down the Tennessee River, that has been my retreat and peace so many times.