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Subconscious at Work II

June 30, 2012 6:00 pm #art#painting#acrylic#abstract#mixed media#polymer clay#finished

A small mixed media artwork combining five marbled clay beads and a textured gold square, mounted in a black shadow box.

Subconscious at Work II

Acrylic and polymer on wire mesh, 5" x 5", 2012
Visual description

A mixed media piece mounted in a black shadow box frame. A dark, textured background is divided into two panels. On the left, five orange and white marbled polymer clay balls are lined up vertically in a narrow recessed channel. On the right, a smaller square panel painted in cracked gold and orange tones sits beneath a small gold rectangular shape, with two thin wires connecting them.

In the summer of 2012, while battling blood cancer, I went home after my first round of chemotherapy. I only had a few days of free time at home before heading back. My mom asked how I made Subconscious at Work I. With good reason, I gave her an actual demo.

I made this smaller piece with orange and white balls to show her the process, working through it in one evening. It was small enough to finish before I had to go back to the hospital for another round of chemotherapy and a month-long stay.

For this piece, same as the first, I covered wire mesh with acrylic hard molding paste and painted on top of it. The balls are polymer clay, made by layering colored and white clay together, slicing it thin, and rolling the slices into balls before attaching them to the wire.

Read more about my Blood Cancer Journey here: Blood Cancer Journey

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