Rain's Thursday Art Date: Cracks and Crevices

Before I join Rain today, I want to express my deep sadness for the more than 100,000 people in the States who have now died from the corona virus.  Even though I don't know anyone personally who has died from this virus, it doesn't mean my heart doesn't go out to those who died and to those left behind.  Believe me when I say I have no living relatives, so I can relate to your pain.  You may not believe me, but you will get through this and over time, the pain, anger, despair, and frustration will lessen.  It may take some longer than others, so don't give up on those who have trouble quickly getting past the pain and anguish.  My heart goes out to each of you and your families.

Now let's join Rain with a few cracks and crevices.

Flour resist before the flour has been removed from the fabric.

Flour resist after flour has been removed.  Far fewer cracks now.

Another flour resist after all the flour had been removed and the fabric had been smoothed.

Cracks in paint from a journal page.

Crevices created when I made a collographic plate at Christmas one year.

This is a spoon I altered that has a curvilinear design of classic Art Nouveau.  I added bits of color around the crevices in the spoon handle using alcohol inks.

When I joined Seth Apter's Disintegration Project, this is what I made from my buried pieces.  Lots of cracks in this one.

I got some excellent cracks when I used a crackle technique to make

this journal page.

More cracks and crevices were at play here.

Then there are lacy cracks.

And finally, tree bark crevices on an art piece.

Faux cracks on a building holding this giant ape.

Bark of my tree.  I love my tree.  It provides shade in summer and warmth in winter.  It had a twin until the day some sadist took a chain saw to it.  My tree got sad because it lost its twin.  I don't normally anthropomorphize animals or trees, but I believe my tree is as sad as I am.  After all, they were there, standing side by side, a lot longer than I've owned my property.

Bark from another tree, not mine.

I love the cracks and crevices this tree produced.

Before

and after cleaning cracks in my old veggie bed border. 
 Shattered glass (hard to see the shatter at the top) after a large tree limb fell on my neighbor's old car.  That's it for now, I think.  I'm sure I'll think of more examples once others share their photos.

All art created by me.  All photos taken by me.  Bleubeard slept through most of this.

Thank you beyond belief for visiting today.  I am truly grateful to you, my friends, followers, readers, and lurkers for visiting.  Please also join me at Rain's Thursday Art Date.