acrylic lift breadth projects part one ap 2-d design photography mary bailey thomas, instructor...
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Acrylic Lift Breadth Projects
Part OneAP 2-D Design Photography
Mary Bailey Thomas, InstructorForsyth Country Day SchoolLewisville, North Carolina
Acrylic Lift ProjectThere are many methods of transferring your images to non-traditional photographic surfaces. This project explores using acrylic matte medium to lift off the image from a xerographic copy or laser print of a digital or film image.As an artist I often want to “play” with an image I have previously printed to create a new piece of artwork. Sometimes I want the image to create an emotional pull on the viewer, other times I just want to help the viewer see a different viewpoint , or to pause and ponder the meaning of the piece. This assignment is meant as a challenge “to think outside of the box” of our traditional photographic works for the Breadth Section of the AP 2-D Design Photography Portfolio.
How I learned to Create Acrylic Lifts
Back in the “dark ages” (1977) while attending High PointUniversity Dr. Allen Thacker of the Education Department hadall the future teachers take a “Media and Methods” coursebefore graduating.Since most public schools in the 1970’s did not have thenecessary equipment to produce overhead transparencies wewere taught this method of creating our own transparenciesusing acrylic matte medium.
Acrylic Lift Technique• Select one of your images to transfer to a surface.• Make a xerographic copy of the image, or scan it into the computer and
print a laser copy of the image.• Use a soft brush and acrylic matte medium • Paint alternating layers of the matte medium:
– Paint a layer of horizontal brush strokes across the copy– Allow the layer to dry before applying the next layer. – Paint a layer of vertical brush strokes onto the image and allow to dry.– Continue this process until you have 5-6 layers of matte medium on
the image– Allow the coated image to “cure” for 4 hours or overnight
• Place the coated image face down in a pan or tray of cool water for about 5 minutes
• Using your finger gently rub the backing paper off of the coated image; I find that circle motion brings the best results.
“America’s Pastime”, Brendyn Gronewoller, Senior 2007-2008AP 2-D Design Photography, Copy of Analog Darkroom Portrait onto canvas with scanned and printed page behind the image, baseball cards and painted baseball.
" I knew I loved you before I met you; I think I dreamed you into life“, Kalen Rearden, Senior 2007-2008
AP 2-D Design Photography
Acrylic lift images on canvas with collaged tissue and magazine words.
TitleCatherine Rice
Senior 2007-2008
AP 2-D DesignPhotography
Acrylic Lift ontocanvas with
crumbled, burned paper, paint and
hand-writing.
“The Best Love”Catherine Rice Senior 2007-2008AP 2-D Design Photography
Acrylic lift on canvas with crumble, burned paper, paint and writing.
Details of Catherine Rice’ Acrylic Lift
John Mutton, Senior 2007-2008, “Beauty & the Beast” ,AP 2-D Design Photography
Lifted Image onto canvas with collaged images.
Ryan Wallace, Senior 2007-2008 , AP 2-D Design PhotographyAcrylic lift with color added collaged onto foam-core board with color
photographs and dried corn husks.
Detail of
Ryan Wallace’s
Acrylic Lift
SebiPrandoniSenior
2007- 2008AP 2-D Design
PhotographyAcrylic
Liftonto
Plant Potwith
paintingunderneath
Sebi’s Analog Silver Gelatin Print
Kyle French, Senior 2007-2008, AP 2-D
Design Photography "Climbing Up”, Lifted Image onto wood with
painted text.
Detail of “Climbing Up”
Acrylic Lift by
Kyle French
Kristen Hardesty Senior
2007-2008AP 2-D Design
Photography Acrylic
lift onto
canvas with
painting and text,
“Power of Prayer”
Shea VoglerSenior
2007-2008
“No Place Like Home”
AP 2-D DesignPhotography
Acrylic Liftonto
canvas withnewspaper,
film negative roll and text.
Devin Sloan, Senior
2007-2008“Desolation”
AP 2-D Design PhotographyAcrylic Lift onto
sheet metal with text, nuts and bolts
Devin’s Straight Silver Gelatin Print
Matt Rotroff, Senior 2007-2008, AP 2-D Design PhotographyTraditional Silver Gelatin Print
Matt Rotroff, Senior 2007-2008, AP 2-D Design Photography“ Sea Cliffs”, Acrylic Lift Project with Dripped Candle Wax
Critiques of Acrylic Projects
We use a variety of critique formats. We used a short format for this projectas all three levels of photography (Photo I, II and AP) had projects up for thiscritique. They were given four questions to answer for each project assigned.All critique notes are then used by the student to compose short statementsas homework assignments, saved as word documents and then emailed tothe instructor’s email address for grading. Keeping up with “paper” is achallenge for me and this method ensures each student that send the work inon time received full credit, no confusion as to when it was turned in and alsoeliminates, “Ms. T I know I gave it to you!”When I am able I then copy and paste all the comments for each student andsend them to each student with the critique comments being anonymous. Ihave used the “sticky note” approach when I know I will not have time tocompile the answers. Several seniors last year showed me they had kept all thecomments written about their work over their three years in photography!My students seem to really grow from this process, both from the observing,writing and then the reading of the comments of their peers.
What really stands out about this work?What do you really like about it?" What could be improved in this project to make it even more successful?List the strongest (3) art elements and (3) principles of design that you see in this work of art (use the chart as a reference tool).
Devin Sloan , Senior 2007-2008, AP 2-D Design Photography, “Desolate”
Photo II student’s critique of Devin Sloan’s Acrylic Lift:
The unity and originality of the piecereally stands out in this work. Heobviously put effort into how to use hismedium and took it to the fullest extentin proving his talent and creativity.
I like how it looks rustic and almostvintage in appearance. He made apossibly bland subject into somethingdefinitely worth looking at and thinkingabout.
My suggestion for improving his projectwould be if he tried different angles inwhich to take the picture or ripped theedges to add even more age to it.
The strongest three art elements in hiswork are Shape, Space, and Value. Thestrongest three Principles of Design areBalance, Unity and Harmony.
Part II
Acrylic Lift Mixed Media ProjectsPhotography II Class
2007-2008When we have a critique all three levels of Photography
Classes at Forsyth Country Day School participate. My Photography II Class asked to do
the Acrylic Lift Project afterseeing the AP 2-D Design Photography Student’s Work
Amy Lewis Photo II
Photo Acrylic Lift on Canvas with text, art, rings and lace
Catie Maloney2007 – 2008Photo IIPhoto Acrylic Liftwith Sand Dollar, Starfish,Dried Flower, andPoem on Canvas
Catie Maloney, 2007 – 2008, Photo IIDetail of Photo Acrylic Lift
Masha Block, Photo II, 2007 – 2008, Acrylic Lift, “Sisters for Life”Text, Ink, Paint, Rose Petals on Canvas
Masha Block, Photo II, 2007 – 2008, Acrylic Lift, “Israel” Newspaper Clippings, Acrylic Lifts and Paint on Canvas
Masha Block, Photo II, 2007 – 2008
Details of Acrylic Lifts: “Sisters for Life” and
“Israel”
Lindley BattlePhoto II
2007 – 2008Acrylic Lift
Text, Music Score, Paint, Ink and
four photo acrylic liftson canvas
Lindley Battle, Photo II 2007-2008Details of Acrylic Lifts
Sean D’SouzaPhoto II, 2007 – 2008Acrylic Lift on canvas
with spray paint
Sean D’SouzaDetail of
Acrylic Lift
Nicole MarksPhoto II
2007-2008Acrylic Lift
with seeds, shells, starfish
and paint on canvas
Nicole MarksPhoto II
2007-2008Detail
ofAcrylic Lift
LeWynn NewsomePhoto II
2007-2008Acrylic Lift with
Poem,Silk Flowers& Petals, Leaf on
Canvas withPaints
LeWynn Newsome, Photo II 2007-2008, Detail of Acrylic Lift
Students were required to use their photographs
from darkroom projects, digital images or old family
photographs for this project.
This acrylic lift was made from a laser print of a scanned
black and white photograph my father developed and printed while we were
stationed in Cuba in the 1950’s.©Mary Bailey Thomas
“Sis, Mom and Mary at the Cuban Beach”Acrylic Lift on canvas
hand-colored collaged withsewing pattern pieces and threads.
“Women in the Arts Grant Exhibition”Keenan Art Institute at the NC School of
the Arts, April 2007