Toilet Paper as Street Art, Paper Pulp Painting, and Wrist Cuffs from Ties!

Hello everyone! It's quite dreary in Georgia today, which makes it the perfect time to lie around, read comic books, and update my trusty blag.

I've always been a huge fan of street art and graffiti, so I was pretty excited when I received my current screen printing project: find objects outside, in public places, etc., bring them back to the studio, print something on them, and put them back where I found them. So here is the first in a series of probably 4 things that I have rescued, modified, and returned to its natural habitat. Today's street art treat is my very own hand-printed toilet paper. It has long been my dream to be so repulsively rich that I can hire somebody just to fold all of my toilet paper into intricate origami, but, assuming that probably won't happen, I went with the next best thing and printed origami instructions on a whole roll of toilet paper. The idea is that you follow the instructions on one sheet and fold the actual origami with the sheet below it to make your very own origami cat face. Here's the roll of paper, waiting in a public bathroom for somebody to use it:

(yes, there is even a cat taking a swim in the toilet there.)

A closeup of the instructions (unfortunately, my favorite part, in which the participant is implored to "use" their new creation, got cut off):

The result of folding one of the sheets:

Truly, I am a classy sort. Look out for more modified objects throughout the week! In other news, here is a paper pulp painting I tried out recently. All the pigment is added by squirting dyed paper pulp directly onto a freshly formed sheet of paper (the thin black lines are made of thread.) For a medium that seems pretty difficult to control, I had a lot of fun with this...it was like kindergarten all over again. I wanted this to look a bit like a grimy poster you'd find in a venue somewhere...



And one more thing before I enjoy the rest of the rainy day: here are some wristcuffs I made a long time ago but have just gotten around to uploading. They're made from the ends of neckties and buttons that I found in a lot of random places:



So long!