Volatile Organic Compounds
I collected resin from Constable's pine tree and distilled it into turpentine. The turpentine is intended for conservation laboratories to restore Constable's paintings. Turpentine is a solvent, highly volatile, but it also re-unites fragmented layers of paint. A transparent, conceptual painting nested within Constable's painting.
a by-product of the distillation is rosin- a material used for aquatint copper etchings.
copper etching monoprints, aquatint.
a unified layer of oil-based ink was applied to the copper plate; the clouds were painted with turpentine, dissolving the ink into transparency.
pine tree ii
work in progress
gold particles attached to the tips of pine tree needles, to enhance corona discharge effect: the sculpture might appear to some viewers walking in the forest as a faint purple glow around a tree branch.
