This next work in the series originating from the Good Witches of the Between is a collaboration between myself, Petra, Franzi, and for the first time, Melusine. This work, titled Concertinaed, is a work on paper measuring approximately 10 x 84 inches [25 x 210 cm]. The paper is Arches Grain Satine hot press watercolor paper. The scans of Petra Frottage were printed onto individual sheets of paper (7 x 10 inches) with an inkjet printer. An additional layer of printing, enlarged sections of scans of Melusine's poems written in Sütterlin script were printed over the frottage prints and on the other side of the paper. Next using vellum and matte acrylic medium the individual pages were hinged together by myself to form one long, double sided painting. Petra then began to watercolor and apply thin layers of acrylic gesso to various areas of the paper. As more and more layers of acrylic medium and gesso were built up the paper became more and more rigid. Eventually, it could stand, folded like a concertina. Franzi threw some of his blue paints onto both sides, drying the layers with his hair dryer. Melusine wrote over some of the printed writing by hand. Petra continued to paint. Eventually I did too. As the painting progressed we began to think of how it might be presented for viewing. On thought is to incorporate a mirror to extend and double the space as well as make the backside of the painting visible when displayed on a shelf [images and more on this idea to come].
What follows are images, scans of the paintings done section by section on the flatbed; images and a quick video of Petra painting -the files of videos of Franzi painting were somehow corrupted - Melusine thought it is important for people to know this; a documentation of the process of making and exploration of display.
Documentation of the paintings development.