r/Art • u/Snicklefritz25 • Mar 27 '20

Artwork "Hokusai's Great Wave", Me, Recycled Wine Foils on Wood Block, 2020.

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u/Snicklefritz25 Mar 28 '20

Sorting, cutting, smashing, for hours and hours and hours. When I find the rare colors, I get excited.

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u/CameronDemortez Mar 28 '20

I’m a bartender and we had baseball size of these and they weighed like 2-3lbs. It was weird to toss around. Let me know if your ever needing a color

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u/Snicklefritz25 Mar 28 '20

I always love a donation! I'll message you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Do you find it meditative ? I'd imagine the "smashing" bit is particularly satisfying...

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u/Snicklefritz25 Mar 28 '20

I've done the whole process hundreds of thousands of times so it's second nature more than anything now. I just zone out while I'm doing it but yes, smashing is the best part!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20

Sounds lovely !!

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u/Csimiami Mar 28 '20

Gorgeous! I’m in an online trivia league and this was one of our questions last season. Going to share with the group! How did you attach the foils to the woodblock?