“Eye of Ra” is a mixed media painting made of plaster, gold leaf, and acrylic paint on gesso board.
During the time of creating this piece, I had gotten interested in using plaster to create textures on canvas. I created multiple pieces then became curious as to what other ways I could utilize plaster when creating art—sculpting was the answer.
I wanted to create a piece that primarily used plaster as the main ingredient. This piece began as a sketch of the Eye of Ra, then I slowly built up layers of plaster allowing it to partially dry so that I could shape and smooth it out.
For the border, I spent some time researching Egyptian style designs and decided to use a decorative motif called a “fret”. The border needed to be just intricate enough to hold attention but not too intricate as to compete with the centered eye. The fret border was created using a fluid mixture of plaster that was piped out as one would pipe icing onto a cake.
The final touch was the addition of an Egyptian cartouche. My intention for this piece was for it to be something that viewers could interact with. So, the cartouche on the piece is able to be written on with am expo marker!
Ships wrapped, in a box, and ready to hang.
“Eye of Ra” is a mixed media painting made of plaster, gold leaf, and acrylic paint on gesso board.
During the time of creating this piece, I had gotten interested in using plaster to create textures on canvas. I created multiple pieces then became curious as to what other ways I could utilize plaster when creating art—sculpting was the answer.
I wanted to create a piece that primarily used plaster as the main ingredient. This piece began as a sketch of the Eye of Ra, then I slowly built up layers of plaster allowing it to partially dry so that I could shape and smooth it out.
For the border, I spent some time researching Egyptian style designs and decided to use a decorative motif called a “fret”. The border needed to be just intricate enough to hold attention but not too intricate as to compete with the centered eye. The fret border was created using a fluid mixture of plaster that was piped out as one would pipe icing onto a cake.
The final touch was the addition of an Egyptian cartouche. My intention for this piece was for it to be something that viewers could interact with. So, the cartouche on the piece is able to be written on with am expo marker!
Ships wrapped, in a box, and ready to hang.
