Kailyn Jackson

Analysis Final Project Documentation

Leukemia Affected Blood Cells

Inspirational imagery

Documentation Images

Soaking cotton/abaca linter (1 lb. total)

Cotton linter

Abaca linter

Pulp processing in the pulp beater

Detail shot of pulp

Almost forgot to add sizing to pulp so it can be painted later

More pulp beating. Pulp was left to beat for about 30-45 minutes

Clay model for the plaster mold

Another shot of a clay model for the plaster mold

Mixing plaster!

Plaster in the box mold

Detail shot of clay molds in plaster box mold

After the plaster cured for a few days, the clay models were ready to be released and discarded

Removing the clay models from the plaster mold

Detail shot of plaster mold

Mold ready to be cleaned

Cotton/abaca paper pulp

Mixing paper pulp into water to form sheets of paper

Sheet of paper draining from mold and deckle

Detail shot of paper

Paper with deckle removed

Sheets of paper couched on pellon (before they were accidentally pressed!)

Sheets of paper being pressed into the mold in layers to form the casting.

More paper castings

A completed casting (still wet!)

Another completed casting

Paper castings air drying on a ventilated rack

Brainstorming ideas for the installation. The newspaper body form was part of a project I started over the summer. I decided to use it for this project.

After the castings were dry I gently folded in the edges

Then I glued pieces of the wire to the inside of each casting so it could be easily mounted to the body form

Detail shot of wire glued to center of casting

Castings were then airbrush painted.

Castings mounted on body form

Detail shot of the castings on the inside of the body form

Remaining sheets of paper were used to cover Styrofoam balls, and the left over paper pulp was used to add depth to the Styrofoam balls

Styrofoam balls left to hang dry.

IMAGES FROM THE INSTALLATION