Last year’s Christmas cards were pen-plotted. This year, they’re plotted with paint and brushes. A reflecting-line algorithm, constrained to a Christmas tree. First plotted in pencil as a guide.Then I add drops of paint; the machine moves the brush.
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Generated outcomes of the system. Selected renders and editions produced by the algorithm.
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Notes from the making. Experiments, dead ends, discoveries and small breakthroughs that shaped the work.
Starting off with creating a skeleton: a guiding path in the shape of a Christmas tree, laying the groundwork for paint drops and the brushwork. To generate this structure, I re-used my Reflecties algorithm, altered its reflective boundary into a triangular shape so it would resemble a christmas tree-like form.
Next I began by plotting the guidelines in pencil. Then I applied drops of paint and followed the paths with a brush, letting the paint interact with the structure. I created a video that shows the full process from start to finish which you can see here below.
In the end, I plotted around 40 painted Christmas trees, though not all of them made the final cut to be sent to friends and family. For my personal archive, I scanned the entire series. Below are some of the scans.
I really liked the texture that the brushes and paint made on paper.
In the end I also created a nice little setup to sign the envelopes and sent about 30 cards to friends & family.
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