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Final image from the series "More Than Skin Deep" for the Body Altar Show.
More Than Skin Deep is a series I did about the people behind the tattoos, and more specifically, why they each decided to carry a permanent mark on their precious canvas. The title of each piece recalls my discussions with them regarding their vast reasoning. Shot with a Polaroid EE100 Special on Fuji pack film, the emulsion was boiled off the backing and applied to the canvas to give each piece more of a living feel. Shooting in an environment without Command +Z, and hand creating one of a kind pieces without the convenience of negatives to duplicate endlessly, allows the medium to replicate the subject matter.
These were shot on a Polaroid EE Special camera with Fuji pack film. The images were then boiled off the paper backing and glued via a mixture of tacky glue and water to 5x7 pre stretched canvases. I toyed with affixing the photo both after it had dried and still wet and found the dried version worked a bit better while the wet was more prone to air bubbles. Once dry, the photographs were rubbed with different colors of acrylic paint, especially visible were the glue residue picked it up. Once that was dry, I used duct tape and newspaper to protect the fronts and spray painted the sidesusing complimentary colors to what was found in the picture.
Here is info on the show they will be in (and for sale at $80 each):
Flesh: The Body Altar
Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8:00pm - Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 2:00am
Taste (at Edgewater in College Park)
717 W Smith St
Orlando, FL
Friday Ferox presents an art event focusing on all forms of art on the human body... BODY ART, TATTOOS, PIERCING, MODIFICATION...
Sponsored by Ascension Tattoos (www.ascensiontattoo.com) & Draco Felis.
Art by Earl Funk, Ant Iannucci, Vinny Burkhart, Jim Carchidi, Nik Nelson, Justin Lynn...
Music by Ring Of Scars and DJ Robb Blak.
Performances by Florida Tribal Dance.
Honey Malone on Silks.
Live Body Art.
Tattoo Fashion Show.
Henna by The Henna Goddess.
Vendors.
$5 cover (free raffle ticket for door prize & $5 Taste coupon given with paid admission)
18+ Suggested
Contact: anna@dracofelis.com, 407.252.4913, facebook.com/bluemaiya
The Ethiopian pilgrims waiting for the Holy Fire ceremony to begin.
Church Of the Holy Sepulchre.
Jerusalem, Israel
Shes a cleaninglady in my former high school. I we teached there a short period... Shes just like she was 10 years ago...