A little exercise on charcoal.
In my exploration of materials that I may want to work with I came upon charcoal. It has such beautiful and deep blackness, and keeps the texture of its origin. One problem was immediately obvious:
It has a strong tendency to crumble! So I tried a variety of ways to aide its coherence: I covered it in epoxy resin which of course sticks the whole thing together but ends up giving it an unnatural sheen. I also melted beeswax into it, which tends to soak into the material and is also conceptually more in tune. I also painted a crevice of it with oil paint mixed with galkyd.. This makes it a little overly dramatic, so probably should be used sparingly...
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