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[2-D] ART: mass production vs. hand-crafting this project attempts to find a medium between mass-producing and hand-crafting art in order to optimize the benefits of each method. my goal was to form a method of creating two-dimensional art that i could [1] produce quickly and efficiently, [2] assemble by hand, and [3] make each piece unique from the others. i decided to limit myself to a small set of tools: a laser cutter [to aid in mass-production], chipboard [to serve as my "canvas"], and paint [which i applied to the chipboard with a standard brush- making strokes evident to emphasize the work of the human hand].
experiment 1: i began by distorting a photo of a landscape with photoshop's "liquify" filter.
next, i abstracted shapes from the new image and then sent the coordinants to the laser cutter. soon enough, i had a sheet of chipboard that was cut into shapes which corresponded with my "liquified" photoshop image.
after the shapes were cut out, i simply separated them, painted them according to the photoshop image's color scheme, and then re-assembled the pieces [mounting them on another sheet of chipboard]. i was satisfied with the results visually, but i didn't feel like this process did my thesis justice. my method of painting after cutting was pretty inefficient... i'm not sure that it was any faster than painting an image directly onto a canvas.
size: about 22" x 17" | manufacturing time: approx. 3 hours
experiment 2: the major ambition of my next experiment was to decrease the manufacturing time of a similar work of art. i used the same cut-out pattern as i did in the last experiment, but this time i pre-painted the chipboard. this way, i would not have to worry about tediously painting each individual piece... once the sheets were cut, they were ready to be assembled.
...and that is just what i did. i simply mixed-and-matched the pre-painted pieces and then mounted them onto another sheet of chipboard. i was very satisfied with these results - in terms of both the efficiency of production as well as the resulting aesthetic.
size: about 17" x 12" | manufacturing time: approx. 6 hours
experiment 3: this experiment attempts to test my new process at a "mass produced" scale. after simplifying the pattern and reducing the dimensions to that of a typical postcard, i was able to crank these out very quickly.
size: 6" x 4.25" | manufacturing time: approx. 6 hours
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