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Source: ViralNova
Using strategically placed lighting, the scenes glow with inner light that's at once warm and lonely. Blackwell is drawn to solitary places, like the forests, coastlines, and isolated houses that make up so many folklore and fairy tale stories. She uses minimal color to emphasize certain items, but for the most part, the images keep the black and white print pattern, with shape and texture identifying them. Wires hold up some pieces, making them appear to float in midair.
If her work seems a bit unsettling, it's because Blackwell intends for it to be so, and strives to capture the full range of emotion covered by the stories. "I tend to lean towards young girl characters, placing them in haunting, fragile settings, expressing the vulnerability of childhood, while also conveying a sense of childhood anxiety and wonder," she explains. "There is a quiet melancholy in the work, depicted in the material used, and choice of subtle color."
To Kill A Mockingbird, 2015
Red Riding Hood, 2010
The Master and Margarita, 2014
Matilda, 2014
More: http://www.viralnova.com/su-blackwell/
edhopper
(33,164 posts)hyperbolic, but these are very cool.
ananda
(28,779 posts)I love these! They really are breathtaking!
procon
(15,805 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)demmiblue
(36,742 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)He used to fool around with the form of what a "book" could be.
I seem to remember an amazing one that...when flat looked like any book, but it had a "window" in the front cover, and all the "pages" were actually accordion pleated together like the bellows of a still camera. So when you looked in the "window" with the bellows extended, it looked like you were looking down a long path of topiary. There were tabs in the bellows at intervals that when manipulated would make creatures peak and come out of the topiary.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)... and I've been a professional model builder (yes, there really is such a thing!), so I know what went into creating these images. And to say these really are breathtaking is not hyperbole at all; it's just true!
LOVE 'em! Well done.
demmiblue
(36,742 posts)I am always gobsmacked by the creativity.
What sets these apart, for me, is the use of light and shadow to create mood. I adore Red Riding Hood. Perhaps it is the most simplistic of the bunch, yet it is the one that draws me in the most.
Thank you for chiming in!
justhanginon
(3,287 posts)Thanks for posting this. It is always nice to see new ideas brought forth in art. Loved it!
KoKo
(84,711 posts)world wide wally
(21,718 posts)Actually, they are great
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)The first one: Oh! That's really cool!
The second one: That's nice too.
The third one: Oh, that again.
Kind of the way I reacted to Thomas Kinkade or Manheim Steamroller.