Printmaking Matrix

The original template or "matrix" i used to make the prints.

This was an attempt at a rubbing.

Green Acrylic Paint Print

Yellow Oil Print

Color Wheel

This is an original color wheel mandala designed and painted by me!

Museum Blog

I chose Book With Wings by Anselm Kiefer as my piece. This piece combines the two common iconography pieces of a book, which represents knowledge and learning, with wings, which represent an ascent not just physical but metaphorically rising above situations or obstacles. This piece is made of Lead, Tin, and Steel which adds to the ironic value of the fact it has wings. I specifically like this piece because I have a little bit of a background in iron and metalwork and can appreciate the time and effort that went into this piece. each page and each feather on the wing are seperate pieces welded or attached on. the book is on a basic T stand used in common construction. The most obvious element of design used here is form. Kiefer chose to keep the mediums natural color which i think adds a cold hard feeling to the piece. The principles used are Balance (symmetrical) and unity. What I believe Kiefer was trying to convey was a two part message, that knowledge can help us soar to new heights, and that this piece was meant to encourage. This was part of a two piece series, the other book with wings have droopy battered wings which deliver the other part of the message that knowledge can also be a crutch and hold us down like when we become too cocky and closed minded. This is an example of representational art. I like this piece and think it is nice to look at and makes the viewer think. Kiefer was from Germany, and constructed this piece between 92 and 94 but I don't believe that added any cultural differences because these icons are used worldwide.