This week and the next will be spent in playing with ideas that bounce colour, texture and design until something jells.
One experiment today involved in taking apart a keyboard to see what might be done to prevent epoxy from slipping into the tray below the keys. In the keyboard I used, there will be no problem for as soon as the top was removed from the bottom, the keys lost their spring and simply rested in place thereby forming a relatively tight seal. Since the epoxy is thicker than water, it should hold in place. I tested with water and it is slow to drain through to the back.
In the first of the examples below, I am trying to form a heart around a shiny red bauble-of-a-heart using pried-up keys, some of which had been painted for other uses, some, just plain black or beige. The concept works but now how to secure the keys. And the backing, a mini-satellite dish, probably should be painted a bleeding shade of red.
In the other case, my attempt at replicating a crossword puzzle
using words synonymous with Love, in this case Give, Eros, Lust and I wanted to add Care and Hope but doubt if they'll fit in, needs more back-at-the-blackboard-planning.
