Kailyn Jackson
Analysis Final Project Documentation
Leukemia Affected Blood Cells
Inspirational imagery
Documentation Images
Soaking cotton/abaca linter (1 lb. total)
Cotton linter
Abaca linter
Pulp processing in the pulp beater
Detail shot of pulp
Almost forgot to add sizing to pulp so it can be painted later
More pulp beating. Pulp was left to beat for about 30-45 minutes
Clay model for the plaster mold
Another shot of a clay model for the plaster mold
Mixing plaster!
Plaster in the box mold
Detail shot of clay molds in plaster box mold
After the plaster cured for a few days, the clay models were ready to be released and discarded
Removing the clay models from the plaster mold
Detail shot of plaster mold
Mold ready to be cleaned
Cotton/abaca paper pulp
Mixing paper pulp into water to form sheets of paper
Sheet of paper draining from mold and deckle
Detail shot of paper
Paper with deckle removed
Sheets of paper couched on pellon (before they were accidentally pressed!)
Sheets of paper being pressed into the mold in layers to form the casting.
More paper castings
A completed casting (still wet!)
Another completed casting
Paper castings air drying on a ventilated rack
Brainstorming ideas for the installation. The newspaper body form was part of a project I started over the summer. I decided to use it for this project.
After the castings were dry I gently folded in the edges
Then I glued pieces of the wire to the inside of each casting so it could be easily mounted to the body form
Detail shot of wire glued to center of casting
Castings were then airbrush painted.
Castings mounted on body form
Detail shot of the castings on the inside of the body form
Remaining sheets of paper were used to cover Styrofoam balls, and the left over paper pulp was used to add depth to the Styrofoam balls
Styrofoam balls left to hang dry.
IMAGES FROM THE INSTALLATION
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