Michael Mapes

20 × 20

cast resin with embedded giclee prints and misc elements, thread, thread spools, thimble, prints, gelatin capsules

side

detail

create photoshop file with the initial composition

make prints of the file, cut up, embed in resin

prints have numbers printed on the back to correspond with a printout of the composition

tiles are positioned on the numbered printout. collage elements are placed in position

unglued elements in basic position

create a slide with the finished composition to be projected over the substrate, which is polyethylene foam

collage elements are transferred and glued to the substrate in the precise position of the projected slide

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