Felipe Gutteriez Vivas – Spain

Metal colla

Category: Modern

Description

I wanted to unite the classing use of block with the metal of the coca cola cans as a contemporary element, thus making a playful reference to the artistic movements of the begining of the 20th century in Paris, when Marcel Duchan created the famous “objet trouvé”.

Materials

• Base of sisal
• coca-cola cans
• pheasant feathers
• bias
• lining fabric
• metallic thread
• silk thread

Techniques

• I’ve shaped the sisal in a block, then adding an outside lining made of coca-cola cans, which I first cut up and filed. I then added a finishing touch with fire and a hammer.
• Once glued, I varnished them to protect them and decorated the whole with three pheasant feathers, and covering the head part with silk.
• The inside is lined with fabric.

Tools

• pliers
• thread
• fire
• hammer
• scissors
• glue
• filer
• varnish
• shears