I returned to my power tools art project roots to try something a little different. Instead of using a drill to fling paint onto a page, I wanted to try flinging glue and then dropping colored sand onto it. It ended up being more difficult than I expected but I got a couple of nice results from it.
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I was going for a rainbow pattern in creating this, in part because rainbows look nice, in part because it gives me the opportunity to see a lot of colors in one piece, and in part because rainbows are easy. What I found, though, was that the sand wasn’t sticking to the page as well as I expected.
In this case, I think that worked out, with an unexpected side effect: The spots where the sand didn’t stick left streaks of glue, which are visible in different ways based on the angle at which you’re viewing the piece.
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The whole thing came together in this kind of minimalist, ethereal way that I really love.
Also, I learned from what didn’t technically work in this piece to create something else later.
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