Working in neutrals lately.
-JD
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Stuff To Make Stuff With
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags art. painting, Collage, J. D. Hastings on May 7, 2013 by jdhastingsLine Animation
Posted in animation, Art, Collage, Painting with tags animation, Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting on April 30, 2013 by jdhastingsA while ago an artist friend, Brian Piana took a masking tape piece I posted on Tumblr and turned it into a quick Gif animation. (I chose not to post the gif itself because it’s jarring on the same page as the Gif below.)
That, and some other artists I’ve seen on Tumblr playing with animation have made me want to learn about it. As such, I’ve been experimenting in my free time with some basic tests.
This is the most successful so far, made of 9 individual 4.5″ x 6″ cards of masking tape.
I still have a lot to learn to help myself automate and simplify the process so that basic animations look more smooth and don’t take an inordinate amount of time, but I have some ideas I’m slowly working out that I’ll share as they’re ready.
The idea is to create the animations, then bind the individual frames into their own books to get the experience of sequence in 2 different states.
-JD
Polygons and Polyhedra Set 5
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, geometry, J. D. Hastings, math, Painting, Polyhedra, textile art on April 23, 2013 by jdhastingsI’m just going to keep chugging these out. This will be half of the completed books that are made. If this seems repetitive to you, just imagine hand cutting and sewing them. Let alone, scanning, cropping and coding to post here. I did add a slideshow though.
Cover:
Page 2
“Line”
Page 3
“Angle”
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I’ve been Away
Posted in abstract, Art, Collage, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, boa, Collage, paper, snake, snake skin, Toni Tiller on April 3, 2013 by Toni TillerEveryone needs a little rest now and then, and the schedule of work, travel, and blogging got to be a bit much so I decided to hibernate for winter but now winter is OVER and it’s time for new projects.
A friend of mine has 2 Colombian red skin boas that throw off their skins regularly and it got me wondering about the leftovers as a usable material. They are pliable but tough, kind of cellulosy, and depending on what side you leave exposed they are either mildly iridescent or a white fishnet pattern that can be dyed. With this piece I wanted to use colors that were analogous to the natural snake color, which i backed with a slate blue to bring it’s own pattern forward. From there it was just the usual draw, cut, glue process as usual. After being backed with paper the skin cuts beautifully, supporting the finest cuts without tearing.
Alphabet Book
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags another bad creation, Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting, textile art on March 26, 2013 by jdhastingsThis is a new set I made to turn into a book. Not yet ready to bind.
-JD
Maintaining
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting on March 19, 2013 by jdhastingsI was supposed to scan something new to post here last night, but then I didn’t. Luckily I always have a bunch of masking tape to post.
Oh, and this isn’t masking tape, it’s a quick painting to be used to make other stuff.
-JD
Tape
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting on March 5, 2013 by jdhastingsI forgot that it was Monday last night, so instead of posting new stuff you get some masking tape. Some of these pieces have since been cut down to use in geometry collages.
-JD
Polygons and Polyhedra Set 3 of 10
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, geometry, J. D. Hastings, math, Painting, Polyhedra, textile art on February 26, 2013 by jdhastings
Cover
Page 2
“Line”
Page 3
“Angle”
Page 4
“Triangle”
Page 5
“Square”
Page 6
“Pentagon”
Page 7
“Hexagon”
Page 8
“Hepagon”
Page 9
“Octagon”
Page 10
“Tetrahedron”
Page 11
“Cube”
Page 12
“Octahedron”
Page 13
“Dodecahedron”
Page 14
“Icosahedron”
Page 15
“Hexagonal Prism”
Page 16
“Cuboctahedron”
Page 17
“Truncated Octahedron”
Page 18
“Rhombicuboctahedron”
Page 19
“Triakistetrahedron664″
Page 20
“Pentagonal Icositetrahedron”
Page 21
“Rhombic Dedecahedron”
Page 22
“Square Gyrocupola”
Page 23
“Triaugmented Hexaonal Prism”
Page 24
“Hebesphenomegacorona”
Page 25
“Stella Octangula”
Page 26
“Square Antiprism”
-JD
“Polygons and Polyhedra” Book 2 of 10
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, math, Painting, polygons, Polyhedra, quilting, textile art on February 12, 2013 by jdhastingsSame series as last week. Set 2 of 10.
Cover:
Page 2:
“Line”
Page 3:
“Angle”
Page 4:
“Triangle”
Page 5:
“Square”
Page 6:
“Pentagon”
Page 7:
“Hexagon”
Page 8:
“Hepagon”
Page 9:
“Octagon”
Page 10:
“Tetrahedron”
Page 11:
“Cube”
Page 12:
“Octahedron”
Page 13:
“Dodecahedron”
Page 14:
“Icosahedron”
Page 15:
“Hexagonal Prism”
Page 16:
“Cuboctahedron”
Page 17:
“Truncated Octahedron”
Page 18:
“Rhombicuboctahedron”
Page 19:
“Triakistetrahedron”
Page 20:
“Pentagonal Icositetrahedron”
Page 21:
“Rhombis Dodecahedron”
Page 22:
“Square Gyrocupola”
Page 23:
“Triaugmented Hexagonal Prism”
Page 24:
“Hebesphenomegacorona”
Page 25:
“Stella Octangula”
Page 26:
-JD
“Polygons And Polyhedra” Set 1 of 10
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, math, mixed media, Painting, polyhedron, sewing, textile art on February 5, 2013 by jdhastingsThis weekend I finally finished all the interior pages for a set of 10 art books I’ve been plugging away at all month. I still have to finish the covers and bind these, but I am pleased to be able to show these off for the first time.
Here is set 1 of 10. (I’m skipping straight to the Polygons this week because I showed off the basic set of Polygons last week.)
Cover
Polyhedra
Page 10
“Tetrahedron”
Page 11
“Hexahedron” (aka Cube)
Page 12
“Octahedron”
Page 13
“Dodecahedron”
Page 14
“Icosahedron”
Page 15
“Hexagonal Prism”
Page 16
“Cuboctahedron”
Page 17
“Truncated Octahedron”
Page 18
“Rhombicuboctahedron”
Page 19
“Triakistetrahedron”
Page 20
“Pentagonal Icositetrahedron”
Page 21
“Rhombic Dedecahedron”
Page 22
“Square Gyrocupola”
Page 23
“Triaugmented Hexagonal Prism”
Page 24
“Hebesphenomegacorona”
Page 25
“Stella Octangula”
Page 26
This brings us to the end of the book. What follows is the beginning of the book, which was duplicative of last week’s post, so relegated to the end.
Page 2
“Line”
Polygons
Page 3
“Angle”
Page 4
“Triangle”
Page 5
“Tetragon” or Square
Page 6
“Pentagon”
Page 7
“Hexagon”
Page 8
“Hepagon”
Page 9
“Octagon”
In researching these, I learned a lot about geometry that had been forgotten in the long years since high school. I chose the selection and order that I did to try to maintain some of the logic that exists within the mathematics behind these forms. I’m sure that understanding this logic would help viewers appreciate what is being presented, and I’m tempted to go into depth on the issue, but this is art, not a math textbook, and at a basic level I think I prefer knowing that the viewer can find the information out for themselves or simply appreciate them as they are.
In future weeks, hopefully I’ll be able to post the covers and photos of finished books with the list of pages.
-JD
First Principles
Posted in Art with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, math, Painting, polygons, textile art on January 29, 2013 by jdhastingsAs I noted last week, I’ve been working a lot with 3D shapes. In that post, however, I leaped straight into the middle of the organized fashion I’m trying to think about these things. Before getting there, it’s necessary to understand 2D shapes (and probably before that, lines). 3D shapes are more interesting though.
So I give you, set 1 (of 10) of Polygons, 3-8 sides (all pieces are 6 x 4.5 inches):
Triangle:
Square (aka Tetragon):
Pentagon:
Hexagon:
Hepagon:
Octagon:
The great thing about these is that with 10 sets, I can milk this type of post for 9 more weeks if I want to!
For most of these I intentional skewed the alignment of the shapes because I reject your paltry notions of a proper frame of reference.
-JD
it’s been awhile
Posted in digital, Drawing, laelia e. mitchell, printmaking, Work in Progress with tags Art, Collage, Drawing, laelia e. mitchell, printmaking on January 28, 2013 by laelia e. mitchellindeed it has. my studio is done and i’m getting the space organized, a small printing press is being delivered today, i’m drawing making photographs and gathering image materials to start some collage work. so … while much is happening, what i have to post is below.
it’s made with paper a very elegant and simple drawing app for the ipad. it’s part of a daily drawing exercise i’ve undertaken inspired by the 365 drawing journal by noah scalin
Truncated Octahedra In Masking Tape
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, math, Painting, Polyhedra, quilting, Textile on January 22, 2013 by jdhastingsI am currently building a set of art books based on polyhedra, or 3D shapes (made of polygons). I picked this shape for today at random, but in the coming weeks I’ll be posting a lot of these. As I post them I’ll try to explain their usually confusing names to help give a glimpse of the more logical framework they exist in.
This week’s sample is a case in point:
“Truncated Octahedra” 6″ x 4.5″ acrylic on masking tape, quilted into pattern
This shape is a “truncated octahedron.” It is created by modifying a uniform octahedron, that is an 8 shape form where all the sides have the same dimension. Here is a picture of an octahedron from Wikipedia:
If you lop off (or truncate) this shape’s pointy corners (the parts in red) you wind up with the shape I’m working with. Ta da.
Here are the remaining pieces:
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BEARS
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting, Toni Tiller with tags Art, bookmaking, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting, quilting, textiles, Toni Tiller on November 28, 2012 by jdhastingsThe last few weeks Toni and I have been working on a quick project to make a book centered around one of her dreams.
We knocked out most of it in a weekend (which is incredible), then detailing took another 2 weeks of intermittent work. Here is the original dream we used
These are the back and front cover (The Front is on the right). The book is 14 x 11 and an inch thick.
Page 1 (hand applique by Toni) and 2, “I don’t care what John Irving has to say”
Page 3 and 4
Page 5, “Bears make terrible pets” and 6, last week’s Bear at a Polka Party.
-JD
WIP Part 1
Posted in Art, Collage, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, Art, Collage, paper, Toni Tiller on October 17, 2012 by Toni TillerThis is arriving late today, and I am not sure what the next few weeks will bring as far as posts are concerned, but I thought it might be fun to show you everyone what I do to make these.
First I take paper, in this case a map, and I scribble on the back of it.
Next I spend a whole bunch of time cutting around all those lines with a scalpel and when I flip it over there is this.
Repeat as necessary. That was thrilling wasn’t it? Next week we might cover gluing, please try to be patient, this information can only be parsed out in digestible bits.
I’m Floating
Posted in abstract, Art, Collage, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, Art, Collage, float, isolation tank, paper, Toni Tiller on October 10, 2012 by Toni TillerMy friend and fellow artist Matthew Best found this cool program in Connecticut that offered 3 free isolation float tank sessions in exchange for a piece of art that will later be sold and the proceeds donated to charity. It sounded weird and fun, always one of my favorite combinations, and off we went. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, though I am also hard pressed to describe it, just like I was hard pressed to understand what I was supposed to be getting out of it creatively. Was I supposed to have visions while in the tank? Get my next big idea?
No, it turned out to be more subtle than that. Firstly, three sessions wasn’t enough for me, I have gone back for 3 more because they were generally relaxing and restorative. Those are two things in short supply and the effects started to demonstrate themselves unexpectedly. When the program started it was in the middle of trying to get ready for this show and my focus was fairly limited, I had my materials, I knew what I was doing and just had to do it, but that is over now and for the first time in awhile those things can shift into something else.
My mind was quiet and I remembered there might be some red flocked paper shoved in the back of the closet 10 years ago, so off I went climbing over a mountain of crap and tumbling into the back recesses where not only was the red paper found but also 2 rolls of gold. SCORE. The atlases JD’s mom sent me ages ago started talking to me too, and from there it all started to come together. The materials dictated themselves, gold as the base because it isn’t good paper for cutting, maps in the middle because it is, and flocked paper on top because of the texture. Easy. Next was the design, the experience and the materials called out for a radiating pattern, and thoughts of meditation, focus, and flow were in the back of my mind. Nothing literal, no anxiety over ideas or results, and even when the paper tore here and there (something that usually sends me into swearing fits) I was unruffled.
This is what happened.
I like it, and will probably make a bunch more, but that shiny paper is a total pain in the ass to photograph.
Tale of the Tape
Posted in Art with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting on October 9, 2012 by jdhastingsWith the new show now up I thought it was a good time to showcase some of the first masking tape pieces I made.
This piece is actually the first. I had been using tape for a years but as I used it more I started growing a large ball of the used stuff and lamented the loss of the work done on the tape that was thrown out. At times 3/4 of the painted surface of a piece could be thrown out. This was my first attempt to save a few pieces.
This was followed shortly by
In these I was trying to highlight some of the traits of these tape scraps by isolating them on the white backgrounds of the paper. After these I realized that it was necessary to fill the pages with tape if I wanted to use a significant portion of the leftovers I had. I still attempted to create compositions on the fly as I mounted the tape to paper though. Now, to simplify the process of unmasking pieces, I attach the tape to paper in simple compositions and remix them later as collage or quilts as necessary. Maybe I’ll show the differences between those processes later.
-JD
-JD
Sneak Peek
Posted in abstract, Art, Collage, Toni Tiller with tags abstract, Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, mixed media, quilting, Toni Tiller on September 26, 2012 by Toni TillerHere is another one of the collaboration pieces we have been working on. I am all into these over lapping and expanding circles right now, so get used to them because I might be working them for a while. Right now I am just happy that most of the work is done and I have enough to dole out slowly for the next few weeks.
This piece also has a sewn black border that didn’t make it int the scanner bed, so just imagine that right on there ok?
Tape Quilts Redux
Posted in Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, masking tape, Painting, quilting on September 25, 2012 by jdhastingsHere are a few more tape quilts for the show that’s going up next week. We’ll post the press release as the date draws near. All my contributions are in the mail and everything else is up to East Coasters. All I can do now is play video games and hope for the best.
-JD
New Tape Quilts
Posted in Art, Collage, Drawing, Painting, Textile with tags Art, Collage, J. D. Hastings, masking tape, Painting on September 18, 2012 by jdhastingsI’m finishing up some work for a show to be hung in a few weeks, and of course I defaulted to circles again. They’re just so soft and cuddly.
I have a few more waiting to be sewn, then everything gets packed up and sent away and I don’t have to worry about it anymore!
-JD
