Kala on Clay..

I wonder if it works?

This is different for sure. It does look like a piece of carved metal rather than clay. Was that your intention? I think I need some time looking at this image to make a more fair judgement. Best Regards, Howard

It seems to have an old "tin type" look to it. Was the emulsion placed onto the clay? I'm curious to know how you acheived this effect. Very well done.

yes - the liquid emulsion (SE1) was applyed to the clay, and then exposed.

the best kind of clay would be stone ware as it doesn't "drink" all the chemicals.

also, the surface of the clay shouldn't be too smooth, as it tends to let the emulsion slide off the plate when wet...

ALL your images are so outstanding. I just love this!

Art is art. . . is discovery . . . is joy . . . is immense satis faction for the creator and the viewer. This is art. Thank you. I always feel so damn humble when looking at your images. I try where you succeed. (Too concerned with making money . . . which I am good at.)

... sounds nice..;-)

maybe we shouls teach each other....;-)

i love your style

emil i love your stile... no need to rate or comment on your works! they are all a mesterpiece!

beautiful work, congrats...

It's an interesting piece...looks like archaelogical find somewhat...or an homage to someone. And the fact that the stone looks like it's deteriorating makes it even more interesting...

 

I have several questions: the first is: did you take a pic of Kala on clay or did you create the image and then photograph it. If you created it...somehow, I want it to be more ruin like, mottled and crumbling...while it's evocative, I don't think you're giving it the full emotional effect and doing the subject justice...if it's the former and you photographed it from another source...well, I think the image might have been better sepia toned or something...I just want it more emotional...and as it stands, it's a nice and interesting portrait; it honors the subject.

 

...but as a piece of artwork, I want something more.

 

Perhaps, I can't really tell either without seeing the image in person...

I like the artifacts of your process, except for the vertical scratches, which might be a bit more random. I want to think of this as genuinely old, but you insist on having fun with me--the '60s flower power face paint. Also, I agree that you might explore more the mixing of media. The smooth surface tends to rob your blacks of depth, and you might be able to roughen it just there with some kind of etching medium, or perhaps scratch the outlines a bit before applying the emulsion--a Kill Your Darlings technique applied to the clay.

In regard to making money, I and a great many other people would pay perfectly good money for your work, but you would have to be a dull, plodding businessman, and not a capricious artist. You will just have to wait for your brother's widow to cash in after you die. Cut off an ear. ;-)

You have some phenomenal photoshop skills.

Your image is, at least, original. It is a good composition and has a good harmony of color in nearly monochrome black-white-sepia (brown). Anyway, when looking at your compositions, I prefer those where model expressions are much evocative and those also with higher impact in terms of light-dark contrast. In this case, I miss some expression of tone on her arms and the gesture of her neck is a little too exagerated - makes me a headache on my shoulders. But I admit your process is so complex I do not understand it very well so each image is a bit of your Art. Thanks for shrg. One of your follower and funs - Josemi Gondra.