Ever since my residency on the Eclipse Icefield I’ve been exploring ways to make work about climate in different ways. I’ve also started working in resin in the last year and it seems a natural material to explore ideas about melt and the change in lakes, glaciers and watersheds associated with climate change.
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| Kluane Lake Resin cast - resin and kozo with acrylic and pigment, ~24" x 50" ©2910 |
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| Empty channels, Slims river - shredded climate research papers, resin and pigment, ~24" x 57" ©2019 |
| Kluane Lake Deconstructed - cast resin and kozo with acrylic and pigment on panel, ~24" x 57" ©2019 |
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| detail - Kluane Lake Deconstructed - cast resin and kozo with acrylic and pigment on panel, ~24" x 57" ©2019 |
I’ve done a number of small, exploratory pieces as I work with resin as
well - letting me try different techniques combining it with glass,
metallic and other pigments and collage elements. Resin for me turns out to be a wonderful unifier of
other media, pulling disparate elements together in what can end up a
more polished, cohesive whole.
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| Rectangular abstraction I - resin, acrylic, glass and pigment, 4" x 6" ©2019 |
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| Rectangular abstraction II - resin, acrylic, glass and pigment, 4" x 6" ©2019 |
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| Rectangular abstraction III - resin, acrylic, glass and pigment, 4" x 6" ©2019 |
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| Square abstraction I - resin, acrylic, glass and pigment, 4" x 4" ©2019 |
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| Square abstraction II - resin, acrylic, glass and pigment, 4" x 4" ©2019 |
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| Square abstraction III - resin, acrylic, glass and pigment, 4" x 4" ©2019 |
In the course of my explorations
Art Resin gave me a small sample to play with. Support is nice as it’s not an inexpensive material and my larger pieces can go through quite a bit of it. I like their particular formulation - it’s non-toxic, doesn’t heat up as much as some other epoxies while curing and has been pretty easy to work with. I should add I have zero interest in working with anything but the non-toxic varieties of resin. My studio is in my home and material safety is an important concern.
