There I was, a few ticks after midnight, skating into the corner for the puck at Chelsea Piers on Friday, when I collided with another player, hit the boards and snapped my fibula.
The result? Six weeks off of my feet, with a small potential of going under the knife. While this means my location painting must take a hiatus, I will take this opportunity to focus and create. Above, you will see the first collage of my injury, many to follow. After the jump, a few snaps (har, har) along the way.
Beginning on an 8.5X11 in piece of Bristol paper with photocopies of my fracture from two angles. The printouts were applied with Matte Gel Medium and a brush.
To help colorize the paper and dry the collage elements, I burned out matches along the surface of the paper – affixing them with globs of paint, straight from the tube.
Matches, matches everywhere. If this was a website, it would not, however, be called match.com.
Mixing in some orange, and breaking the picture plane in two.
Globs of dark to create some visual balance, and weight to the ground beneath my broken leg.
Giving the paint some movement, the collage is complete. I tried to do this with too much thought, I wanted to just experience the collage and focus on the materials vs. the message.
0_0 I’m so sorry to hear that!! Here’s hoping the six weeks go quickly.
I’ll be feeling your pain next spring when I (voluntarily) go under the knife & have to spend 6 weeks off my feet, too.
This is quite obviously your cool style, but with a twist..of the fibula. 100 years from now someone will buy it because of your name and thus you have created a visual diary of your life….turning a bummer into a positive is what you do my friend.
Fab.
Ouch – that had to hurt!
@Jennifer: Two weeks in this morning, and the healing is actually moving along really well! Thank you.
@Lora: Awesome! Love the pun, and believe me, I am very much on board with someone wanting this as a keepsake in the future. Thank you.
@Edward: You aren’t kidding my friend, word of advice, when skating as fast as you can, don’t crash into the boards with your leg trapped under you. Thank you for checking out the post.