JK: The canvases are sized with several layers
of rabbit skin glue and then I paint a single wash of paint on them daily.
The surface of the paper is laboriously prepared with layer upon layer
of rabbit skin glue and gesso before graphite is applied with meticulous mark making to give an ethereal and luminescent quality.
Not exact matches
Mira Schor, The Dreams
of All
of Us, 2012, Ink,
rabbit skin glue, oil, and gesso on linen, 24 x 28 inches (courtesy Marvelli Gallery)
In the exhibition's seven paintings Khan uses a mixture
of black pigment,
rabbit skin glue and slate dust, to create an absorbent ground which he applies to aluminium panels or directly to the wall and then sands back to produce a smooth, slate - like surface.
Sexshops continue a significant evolution in Tal R's working practice, a process similar to the historical use
of distemper, in which pure pigments are mixed with
rabbit skin glue to achieve canvases that glow with Rothko - like intensity.
By using traditional materials such as
rabbit -
skin -
glue gesso, boles, and beeswax, I have a lot to work with in terms
of luminosity, glazing, and pushing and pulling the paint around.
As in the past, he works on his canvases flat, spreading out the paint with the aid
of spatulas or scrapers over a base
of wet
rabbit -
skin glue, the drying time
of which determines the duration
of the piece's execution — a few hours at most.
Working spontaneously, in one sitting, Moskowitz affixed the discarded and discolored shades to his canvases with
rabbit -
skin glue mixed with pigment over the surface
of the canvas, leaving visible brush strokes and chance drips and splatters.
Image: Pat Steir, Or, 1973, oil, graphite, colored pencil, and
rabbit -
skin glue on canvas, Collection
of Barney A. Ebsworth, 1997.86.1
His backgrounds are layers
of black pigment,
rabbit skin glue and slate dust, which he sanded down before building up the text in black oil paint.
She primes her paintings with
rabbit skin glue (an old technique), then stains her surfaces with dry pigment so that the entire canvas remains luminous and full
of variegated color, not dissimilar from Rothko's paintings.
At that time I was also making these tiny paintings with transparent fabric,
rabbit skin glue and bits
of patterned fabric.
The canvas was primed with a base coat
of maroon paint made from powder pigments mixed into
rabbit skin glue.