Cooper Union #3

3. A view around a corner or a quaquaversal.

Quaquaversal: going off in all directions at once; dipping away from a centre in all directions

In geology, lava beds are examples of quaquaversals because they are inclined outward in all directions from a central point or area.

I thought fractals were similiar to quaquaversals because they too go out in all directions at once.

Decalcomania is a Surrealist technique. It is the process of spreading thick paint upon a canvas then — while it is still wet — covering it with further material such as paper or aluminium foil. This covering is then removed (again before the paint dries), and the resultant paint pattern becomes the basis of the finished painting. The technique was much employed by artists such as Max Ernst. Decalcomania can produce fractal-like patterns

So I used decalcomania to get fractal patterns. Then over that I applied an acrylic transfer of a photo of a lava bed dipping in all directions.

Fractal pattern

Cooper Union # 1

1. Draw three pieces of furniture from observation. Create a new piece of furniture from a combination of these drawings.

Acrylic and Marker on Transparencies 

Front cover when folded up

Sorry about the crappy photos.

Shitty comics

Cooper Union Test #2

2. A self-portrait including both a view of the top of your head and the bottom of your feet.

I was thinking of cutting it out and putting it on a background of acrylic wash. Also I couldn't decide if I should make the lines of the squares less visible.

Yeah, I was there.

Charles Bukowski

the last song

driving the freeway while
listening to the Country and Western boys
sing about a broken heart
and the honkytonk blues,
it seems that things just don't work
most of the time
and when they do it will be for a
short time
only.
well, that's not news.
nothing's news.
it's the same old thing in
disguise.
only one thing comes without a
disguise and you only see it
once, or
maybe never.
like getting hit by a freight
train.
makes us realize that all our
moaning about long lost girls
in gingham dresses
is not so important
after
all.