disentregration project

Seth Apter, of The Altered Page who started the "disentegration project", is gearing for the big unraveling event on May 1st. i won't be here, so i'll show you my project and how it is coming along. i started mine late in the game, and we haven't had much sunshine (snow and rain!) - so i'm leaving mine out for the summer and going for the 2nd unveling in aug. but i noticed some cool rust spots. there is a lot of interesting people participating in the project, so if you have minute to look at the main project page, you can see all the different projects going on.

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here's a pic of the project during one of our snow storms:

Disinegration project

Seth Apter, from The Altered Page, is doing a project involving nature and paper. the project involves taking paper of some sort and leaving outside for a length of time to see how it changes from the elements. i created a pretty little paper and fiber collage and hung it from some rusty wire (first photo) and then wrapped it in some cheesecloth and hung it outside (2nd photo). i added diamond glaze over the focal image as i decided i'd like that to remain intact (if possible!). the rest i will leave up to mother nature to see what happens. i have a little problem with worrying about pretty things getting ruined - so this was also an exercise in "letting go" - this is why i decided to create something pretty and then leave it outside - a risk, i know! what will happen to it? will it get ruined? we shall see. i'm leaning towards it still looking really cool when i finally bring it in. we get lots of rain here, ocean air, high winds, occasional snow. maybe it will blow into the mud and i won't notice it for days. stay tuned...............