Packing Tape

I recently ran into a new medium–that’s right, packing tape.  When layered and held up against a light source, you can see all the values of the overlaying tape.  I was so excited, i walked up to rite aid, bought three rolls and started the minute i got home.  I decided to do Grace Kelly, my idol :)

Initially, i was extremely frustrated.  I had no idea how i was going to go about doing this.  Each time i thought i was done, i saw another flaw.  But after about four hours, i got it juuuuust right.

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The last one shows the piece without light shining through it–crazy, right? I loved working with tape, as frustrating as it was, and i see plenty of tape-portraits in my future.

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