I just couldn’t wait for warmer weather to come so I could set up shop on the balcony to work on some assemblages and saw and sand and make messes out there. I started a new assemblage on Monday last from an idea that came to me while trying to fall asleep. It will be put together on a panel of an old Cayucos painting that I decided I didn’t care for. I have tried a few ideas on this reworked panel so far and maybe this one I will finish.
A newly constructed couch. I will add a couple of cushions.
Painting a white undercoat of paint so the final color will appear without any darker colors showing through.
Painting one of the two I-beams with an undercoat of white.
Both I-beams, two cushions, and the couch with white undercoat drying.
The couch with cushions ready to be painted with a color.
I ripped about 3/16” of each side of the I-beams to make them a bit narrower and I put some nails in the top of each of the wide pieces of wood to help reinforce the glue.
The main elements have been painted and are ready to be assembled.
The couch legs ended up a bit short so I cuts some tiny squares of heavy paper and glued two to each leg to extend them that much. I will then paint them black to match the legs.
The finished piece. As I lay awake the night before last I thought of adding some extra elements to it so I created an 8-ball, tiny cupcake and a hidden surprise behind the light pink I-bean on the left.
Two mismatched pink I-beams, joined together by a mustard couch bridge, awaiting the arrival of a mystic serving of mashed potatoes as advertised.
Wood, acrylic paint, wire on wood panel
15 x 15 x 4-inches (38 x 38 x 10-cm)
February 2024
Here is the hidden element you can only see from the side.