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Greenhouse
at Montsalvat identified as the instalklation site for the Carbon
Obscura work - Nov 2006 |
Lloyd
Godman working on Carbon Obscura - March 2007
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As
the carbon paper was too fragile to construct a large screen to cover
the glass of the greenhouse I looked to fix it to a more stable material.
The first step in creating the work involved constructing a series of
wooden frames to fix this material to that fitted into the various areas
of the greenhouse. There were 12 sections in total - 4 for the side
walls, 4 for the roof, 2 for the end wall, 1 for the door and another
for the window next to the door.
Once
these had been constructed I photographed the sections from the same
camera position and constructed a scaled design of the walls in photoshop
to experiment with some possible drawings that would work within the
space.
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The
next phase involved gluing hundreds of sheets of carbon paper down onto
a base of insulation paper.
I
experimented with a wide range of glues - the one that worked best was
a sinple glue stick.
This
was a tedious task and took mnay hours of work - fortunately I was able
to enlist some help. |
Lloyd Godman
working on Carbon Obscura - April 2007 - pricking thousands of
tiny holes to create a landscape image.
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Once
the carbon paper was fixed to the insulation paper and this was guled
to a supporting frame, a landscape of trees was created on the carbon
paper by pricking through the material with a small nail. |
Lloyd Godman
working on Carbon Obscura - April 2007 -
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Once the carbon
paper was fixed, a landscape of trees was created on the carbon paper
by pricking through the material with a small nail. |
Lloyd
Godman working on Carbon Obscura - April 2007
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Once the carbon
paper was fixed, a landscape of trees was created on the carbon paper
by pricking through the material with a small nail. As I engaged in
this I also carried out some experiments with the fog generator to gain
an idea how the light would interact with the fog. |
Lloyd Godman
working on Carbon Obscura - April 2007 |
Lloyd Godman
working on Carbon Obscura - April 2007
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Lloyd Godman
working on Carbon Obscura - April 2007
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Montsalvat Greenhouse with Carbon Obscura installed |
