Tuesday 8 May 2012

McMESSY PANORAMA - A BIG MESS


This is the story of my panoramic mess.   The picture above is just a small out-take section - I love it.

The instructions in the book were to create an extra-long page by taping extra paper to the page in the book.  I decided I wanted an extra-wide page (why obey instructions) to do a panoramic landscape.  The idea of plain paper didn't appeal and I used two McDonald bags, saved from when we had a blueberry muffin the other day - and I knew the bags would come in useful somehow.

 Of course I made a mess to start with.  Instead of cutting down one side of the bags and opening them out, I cut down each side and then had to think of a way of sticking them together again.  Glue and tape would not take the sloshes of paint I planned to throw on them, so I stapled them together and onto the book. When the completed pages are folded into the book, this is what you can see:

And when the extra bag pages are opened out, this is what the panorama looks like - it measures 36 inches (almost a metre).  It's a bit small to see here, so I'll show the three sections after this.

 Here's the left-hand side:


and the centre two pages of the book:



and then the right hand section:


I am really quite pleased with it, never done anything like it before, and I really had a lot of fun.

Husband said 'Well, it's different!  But you planned on making a mess, and you've made a mess, so you've been successful.'




7 comments:

  1. This is SO, SO great!!! I love seeing all the different pics and reading how it was all put together... Genius! (And actually a very beautiful mess, in my opinion!)

    I would love to see this in person :)

    xo
    Kristin

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  2. Thank you Kristin for your lovely encouraging comment. Wish you could see it and perhaps even drive your car wheel over it, but it's a long way from Buffalo.

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  3. I think your husband is being a bit harsh... I think this looks amazing... I want to do that page now...xx

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  4. D's joke! He even says my mess art is now rubbing off on him and changing the way he paints and draws. Glad you like it, I want to see yours.

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  5. I Love it! Now I want to do that!!!
    Great color!

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  6. I'm with Kristin - it's a very beautiful mess!

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  7. I love the blown up section in blue. Who would think that such a "mess" could look so beautiful. Love your work Dev.

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