Emotions on the plane

Collages using plant material. Works of students of the school of florists-designers "NIKOL"

Passing the gallery

A photo: Evgeny Luchin

Text: Anna Hatckevich

Magazine: N11 (45) 2000

A collage is, first of all, a plane. And modern design makes it the main requirement - "fullness" of emotions. Experiments on the introduction into the canvas of various objects, such as a theater ticket or a used tube of paint, were used by the Impressionists. The technology developed by the German florist Friedhelm Raffel develops this theme, focusing on the feelings and moods that have been gained through experimentsThe main intrigue of these works is an unpredictable result. Smears of paint applied to glass are randomly mixed after applying a second glass on them. Then a paper is put on an absolutely unplanned “drawing” obtained in the course of the experiment, and an imprint of the result of this almost non-human process is obtained. The plant material must be modified so that it is difficult or almost impossible to recognize. That is, it is preferable to use not whole leaves and flowers, but only their "components". At the same time, it is highly desirable to combine (albeit a contrast) with the color gamut, texture, movement and mood already on paper ... One experiment entails others. The choice of gypsum to create a background texture also sets its theme and character. In this case, used pieces of coarse matter, saturated with gypsum, and subsequently frozen. Using the mat, the most interesting fragment is selected, which can undergo further creative transformations. Depending on the nature of the pattern and color, plant material is selected. In the works should not be random elements. Each of them carries the maximum compositional and color load. Unpredictability and experimentation in the use of materials is one of the main creative trumps of collages.

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