carlos filipe
10-11-2010, 08:55 AM
Tatebanko
15 x 7.5cm
This is a "fake". I picked two different printings of master Ando Hiroshige and composed my own tatebanko.
I enjoyed so much the works of Pat Craft and Tapcho, "The Thunder gate" I built one myself. Then felt for more and made my own. I had doubts about presenting a fake, but I think that copying printings to turn them into tatebankos was not uncommon. The Kangawa wave, for instance.
I appreciate the study it requires to build a minimalist scene. I could not make up my mind about a backdrop or enclosing the diorama in the traditional fashion. I felt it would be more eficient to leave up to the observer to add mentaly what is not there physically. I took two very similar photos with different backgrounds
Since I wanted to give the impression that the group of trees was far, I modelled the "terrain" in two inclined planes roughly intersecting midway lengthwise. The "terrain" was made with watercolour paper and transparent coats of acrylics applied with airbrush. The compressor was on 1.5 to 2 PSI so I could give a very gentle cover and even getting some splashes of paint to look like a printing.
The base was built with foam core, then covered with grey cardboard and then coated with a generous amount of PVA glue. This allowed me to sand it, just to make less obvious the joints. Later I painted with lacquer in spray. Awfull stuff to use in an apartment...
15 x 7.5cm
This is a "fake". I picked two different printings of master Ando Hiroshige and composed my own tatebanko.
I enjoyed so much the works of Pat Craft and Tapcho, "The Thunder gate" I built one myself. Then felt for more and made my own. I had doubts about presenting a fake, but I think that copying printings to turn them into tatebankos was not uncommon. The Kangawa wave, for instance.
I appreciate the study it requires to build a minimalist scene. I could not make up my mind about a backdrop or enclosing the diorama in the traditional fashion. I felt it would be more eficient to leave up to the observer to add mentaly what is not there physically. I took two very similar photos with different backgrounds
Since I wanted to give the impression that the group of trees was far, I modelled the "terrain" in two inclined planes roughly intersecting midway lengthwise. The "terrain" was made with watercolour paper and transparent coats of acrylics applied with airbrush. The compressor was on 1.5 to 2 PSI so I could give a very gentle cover and even getting some splashes of paint to look like a printing.
The base was built with foam core, then covered with grey cardboard and then coated with a generous amount of PVA glue. This allowed me to sand it, just to make less obvious the joints. Later I painted with lacquer in spray. Awfull stuff to use in an apartment...