Visual artist Rosemarie Fiore explodes live fireworks on blank sheets of paper, moving the containers around on long poles, seeping saturated color on to the paper. Fiore then adds blank paper circles, explodes more fireworks and repeats this process several times, resulting in a deeply layered collage, thick with color and circular motion.
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Fireworks Drawing #7
lit firework residue on paper, collage, 65.75″ x 82.5″
Fireworks Drawing #9
lit firework residue on paper, collage, 82.5″ x 66.75″
Want to see what might be the largest spyrograph-type artwork? Click here to see what happened when the artist secured a gas generator, an air compressor and buckets of paint to an amusement park ride and let her whirl!
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Hope your weekend explodes with color, warmth, light and fun! Thanks to Tory Hughes – an artist who brings color, warmth, light and fun to all that she does – for the link (via Make).
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