casting on edge
Crumple some (gifted) copper sheeting with a rubber mallet and set it on edge. . .
Zig zag the distressed metal back and forth, duct taping the bottom edges of a few of the zigs to zags to keep it from getting out of control.
Next, seam several lightly pressed, wet sheets of 5 hr abaca paper end to end to make a sheet longer than the coppery mold in order to have lots of material to drape between edges.
Drape a long sheet of wet paper . . .
into position on the copper. Gently press/massage the sheet to smooth and round the valleys between the copper edges. Leave the paper taut and sharp over those edges. Those edges will dry crisp and thin, giving the sheet a staccato rhythm of choppy waves and a remarkable structural stiffness.
Dribble in some pebbles . . .
to keep the abaca taut and from shrinking up flat between the copper edges while it is drying. They also slightly dimple the paper. Took 4 days to dry.
Try it again bigger. . .
Compose with it. . .
Jumble the copper a bit . . .
to get off the pier and into a roiling sea. Notice copper’s color is pretty nice too.
Holes in your soul help you breath out 2018 cast abaca and cotton papers 3’ x 4’ x 1’ see recent work. about the blue object see Holed’er post.
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