"Into the Unknown" Cardboard Box Creation #15 by mayah(c)2019
"Into the Unknown" detail
"Into the Unknown" side view
"Into the Unknown": On the box side, the original photograph is credited: "Anthony Hernandez: Pictures for Rome #17, 1999, inkjet print, 40 inches square." The photo was shown in "Art in America" magazine, June/July 2019 issue.***
The magazine image was 6" x 6"; I cut it down to a rectangular shape, backed it with Rhimax, then cut it into four sections. Each section is mounted onto cardboard, so that you are looking down into the image; this can be seen from the detail photo. The newspaper image of the little man is simultaneously walking both UP the steps and INTO the image. The little ladder is made out of toothpicks.
"Hives" Cardboard Box Creation #16 by mayah(c)2019
"Hives" side view
"Hives": Background image from the Los Angeles Times newspaper++ enhanced with acrylic glaze and black ink pen; top: piece of beeswax; bottom: paper wasp nest; recycled plastic containers.
I started this 16-box series with a natural found object inside of a plastic container##, and wanted to end the series with the same. The hexagon-shaped beeswax and paper wasp nest are superimposed over a human "hive" formation: the image is of stacked shipping containers.
"Eco Art by mayah" utilizes recycled and earth-friendlier materials whenever possible.
*AFM Safecoat AcriGlaze: http://www.afmsafecoat.com/products/clear-finishes/safecoat-acriglaze-gloss-and-matte
**RHIMAX 100% post consumer recycled paper product: https://www.marylandpaper.com/products
*** "Art in America" magazine, June/July 2019 While I use cut-out photos from the magazine, you can get an online version here: https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/ You can view the original complete photograph here: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hernandez-rome-17-l02719 More about Hernandez's work: https://www.amazon.com/Anthony-Hernandez-Pictures-Ralph-Rugoff/dp/1889195456
++ Original photo credit: "Ever Lovely" by Allen J. Schaben, published in the Los Angeles Times Sunday Business Section, June 9, 2019. While I cut out the print version from the newspaper, you can see the original photograph in an online version here: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=3d9a14ea-8b04-48b6-b723-8c452ff3429f
Previous Eco Art Cardboard Box Creations from the 16-part series:
"Tiger Rose" Box 14: https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426411
"Space-Time-Matter-Energy" Box 12 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426060
"SunBee" and "Van Gogh Revisited" Boxes 11 and 13 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2426047
"Ocean" and "Precious" Boxes 09 and 10 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2425757
"Ruth and Naomi" Box 08 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2425722
"Tree" and "Dad's Home!" Boxes 06 and 07 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2425378
"Tires" Box 05 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424954
"Squiggles" and "Goddess Two" Boxes 03 and 04 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2424544
Cardboard Redux: Box 02 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423605
##Cardboard Creations,including Box 01 https://www.curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=2423058