Going Three-D

I am on a roll with this SEWN class! I made some paper houses for an upcoming show I want to submit to called Structure. Here’s one of them:

That got me thinking about using the SEWN paper to go three-D somehow. I had some waxed 8x8s from an array I did for a show in May 2012 called ***love***desire***relationship***. They were just sitting all hooked together in a drawer.

They tell the story of Ursula, who repurposes junk from dumpsters in SF into art, then gives it away. She is saved from her potential homelessness by being made Executive Director of a huge foundation to give away art called the Art for Everyone Project.

Anywhooo, the panels from this piece caught my eye and I figured I could use them in this SEWN art. I incorporated one yesterday in a flat collage:

Then, I though I could make some cubes out of the panels with the SEWN paper. I sewed most of it together on the machine, then finished what wouldn’t fit by hand. Then, a light coat of beeswax (encaustic). This helps stiffen and protect it. It is quite durable, as long as you don’t put it in a window where it gets super hot, or the car!