2020 Topic 14: Fused
Hello
everyone! It's new topic day. For a while, the culinary world has been
intrigued with fusion cuisine and here, we're going to look at fusion
art, or at least, art inspired by some type of fusion. As usual, we'll
wander down a myriad of avenues, stopping to pause at artistic examples
along the way.
Fused.
What sort of techniques does it bring to mind? Fusing disparate things?
Joining substances together. Permanently bringing things together.
Whatever your definition, we have plenty to show you and the PaperArtsy
blogger's and designer's 'cupboard' has more than a few ideas to kick us
off.
One
of the first people I thought of when musing about this topic was Seth
Apter. He is known for his multi-layered art and using texture and paint
to create wonderful pieces. Having his own range of embossing powder
(which is not your usual embossing powder) results in some amazing art.
This piece is a great example and fits in beautifully with our fused
theme- note the fused powder on the circles and the fusing of colour,
paper, ink and paint together.
Taking
the idea of fusing literally, I thought that combining a powdered
texture and glue is a form of fusing? Anneke de Clerck did just that in
this gorgeous piece.
When
searching around for examples, you often find hidden gems using
PaperArtsy products. This artist used PaperArtsy paints and embossing
powder to create this wonderfully grungy and textural piece.
If
you pop in 'fused art ' to most search engines, you'll be presented
with a whole host of beautifully glass art. This is probably the most
'fused' of all. Glass art covers decorative items through to stained
glass, and this set of windows in Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral is
magnificent. Thankfully they were spared during the awful fire last
year, but it'll be a while before the cathedral is restored to its
former glory.
Let's try a different tack- how about fusing things together that aren't natural partners? This artist, Alfred Basha has a talent for fusing his pen-drawn subjects together.
Solder
is a fusible metal alloy used for making permanent bonds. You might not
think of it in an artistic context, but there are plenty of artists
using it to make quirky pieces. I thought this next piece blended fun
and function.
You
could argue that sewn items are fusing fabric together- but it's more
joining than fusing. This piece however cleverly 'fuses' separate
elements together with thread and just about squeezes into the
definition!
One
fabric based discipline certainly doesn't need 'shoe-horning' into this
topic is felting. Using wool roving, water and often soap or detergent
can create mesmerising fabric. Renatos Veltinis is a textile artist who
draws with wool. Her detailing is exceptional.
Many
of us will have messed around with melting plastic (or is that just
me!). This next artist has fused plastic bags together and stamped on
them. She's sewn the finished plastic together to create a bag.
A
little while back, using metal tape and fusing elements (sometimes with
embossing powder) using slides or glass pieces was really on-trend.
This is taking it a whole step further to make a piece of wearable art.
For
a further blast from the past, anyone remember the fad for Angelina
fibres? Hot fix type fibres that fuse together and you stamp or emboss
the new 'fabric'. My attempts certainly never looked anything like this!
How
about some examples a little more akin to papercrafting? You can fuse
pages by wetting, moulding, sewing or introducing interfacing that fuses
two substrates together. I wonder which of these this artist has used?
This
next piece isn't papercrafting at all, but I was hunting for cool ways
to use fuses in papercrafting. Guess what? I couldn't really find any.
These vintage fuses turned into handles were the best I could find. The
internet needs fuse based art projects, so the gauntlet is well and
truly thrown down for you all!
Fusing
paper is actually a thing and dates back to the ancient Korean art of
Joomchi. One of its best known modernisers is Jiyoung Chung and she
produces stunning pieces of artwork.
It
wasn't easy to find a myriad of examples of fusing to show and inspire
you all. I just know that the PaperArtsy bloggers will have some
ingenious ideas so I can't wait to see how they interpret the topic too.
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Oooh great inspiration there. That's an interesting topic. When I saw the topic name I never thought of half these interpretations. Can't wait to see what people come up with!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely loved this topic! Fabulous inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBeing a fusion person in lots of my art endeavours, I was intrigued to come and gave a look, and as usual I wasn’t disappointed. Great inspiration and a challenge I hope to enter. Hugs Debs
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