{"id":2451,"date":"2012-06-10T19:23:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T15:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2012-07-01T19:50:44","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T15:50:44","slug":"clarissas-first-totem-in-charcoal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/clarissas-first-totem-in-charcoal\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarissa’s First Totem in Charcoal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Working the last piece of the triptych<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2003, (or was it 2004?), while attending Ft. Lewis College in Durango working towards my Bachelor of Fine Arts, I enrolled in a required class:\u00a0 Drawing I.\u00a0 (Now you are most likely thinking to yourself:\u00a0 hmmm….after 30+ years as an artist, Clarissa needs to take a drawing class?) Well…yes, because like I said, it’s a requirement towards my BFA.\u00a0 I learned a lot in that class and will not regret it because it introduced me to working in charcoal and I love it!<\/p>\n

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Total concentration and thorough enjoyment working in charcoal with the challenge of not getting filthy! - Notice Clarissa is wearing black...<\/p><\/div>\n

After 8 years, I have finally returned to completing this project.\u00a0 My impetus was to have this triptych to show in Juneau at the Native Art Market during Celebration 2012, however, when I unwrapped it to hang in my booth, there were a few ripples in the paper – the mounting was not done correctly, either that or the change in weather (sunny and warm when I glued it down to cold and damp two weeks later when I unwrapped it!).\u00a0 So no one got to see this triptych; oh well!<\/p>\n

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Close up of the middle image - I refer to it affectionately as a stylized image of my son, Kahlil - the expression on his face reminds me of when he was a small child about 30 years ago<\/p><\/div>\n

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Clarissa's completed charcoal triptych<\/p><\/div>\n

Each panel measures 11.5 inches wide by 17.5 inches tall.\u00a0 I recently pulled out the triptych thinking that I was going to figure out how to repair all the tiny ripples where the glue did not take – lo and behold, all three pieces were as it was when I initially wrapped them and there are no ripples whatsoever!\u00a0 What a relief, yet Hmmm….what happened?\u00a0 Can anyone tell me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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