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Earth Science and Art
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Earth Science and Art
Copyright © June 6, 2015 Douglas W Jerving.
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Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Wax and Ink. Apparently these are not the
elements of which the universe is made. At least not always the last
two.
At work we date-print corrugated boxes containing our product before
shipping. I salvaged some of the ink we were disposing to see what I
could do with it. (You know, typical artist, always trying to come up
with some new thing.) It works okay on paper with a hake brush, although
it is weak and transparent. It is not a quality artist's ink, but is fair
enough for play-time.
I figured it was worthy of a bit more experimentation. You know, kind of
like Icarus, the hero of Greek mythology who flew to near the sun with
wax wings. Bad science always assumes that what is good for the goose is
also good for the guy jumping off a cliff with goose wings.
The ink appeared to be water-soluble so I tried it with my acrylic paint
on canvas. Unless it is painted extremely thin, it does not dry well. I
have a black turd that used to be a still life. Egg plants and peppers
never died a more horrible death. They were suddenly the vegetable
version of the Walking Dead.
Two days later my hands still look like a bad Al Jolson imitation.
It was just experimental anyway, so no loss. And I did have fun. Put
this in the category of crap that won't sell even after I am dead.
At least Icarus got a sun tan!
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