Larger Clayboards by Mickey Bond

Larger clayboards offer great support for mixed media and many-layered applications. I've just completed a series of three 36x36 inch panels.

Fortune's Forms 1 by Mickey Bond
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Adentures in Clayboard by Mickey Bond

Fortune's Forms 3 by Mickey Bond
36 x 36 casein, acrylic and charcoal on clayboard

Casein & acrylic mediums work well together.
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detail showing acrylic mediums and casein

Adventures in Clayboard by Mickey Bond

Fortune's Forms 2 by Mickey Bond
36 x 36 casein and resin on clayboard

April frosts have enabled some happy accidents. It turns out certain liquid acrylic mediums crackle when they freeze producing patterns and shapes far more delicate than crackle paste.
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(detail)

Adventures in Clayboard by Mickey Bond

Fortune's Forms: 1 by Mickey Bond, 36 x 36, Mixed Media on Clayboard

I've added more media to the clayboards including acrylic paint & mediums and am experimenting with various glues to form irregular shapes and crackles. www.mickeybond.com

(detail image of clayboard above)

Casein on Clayboard by Mickey Bond

"Embracing the Elements: 2" by Mickey Bond
Casein on clayboard.
72x36 inches on three clayboard panels
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Casein on Clayboard by Mickey Bond

"Embracing the Elements: 1" by Mickey Bond
72 x 36 inches on three clayboard panels
Casein with Rubber Cement Resist
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Adventures in Clayboard by Mickey Bond

Working plein-air at freezing temperatures I captured these
ice crystal prints in casein on clayboard. I find them so charming
as a painting ground that I'm planning a dawn session tomorrow morning as it will be cold enough again in Santa Fe. Here I've posted two details of larger work from my new series "Embracing the Elements." www.mickeybond.com

Casein on Clayboard by Mickey Bond

"Little Nocturne: Spring 1" by Mickey Bond" 6x6 inches, casein on clayboard

NEVER THINK small: REDUX!

climate/gallery
Long Island City, NY
April 2010
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Casein on Clayboard by Mickey Bond

"Emergene 1" By Mickey Bond, 30x24 inches, casein on clayboard.
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Casein on Clayboard by Mickey Bond

"Dancing Light" by Mickey Bond, 24 x 24 inches, casein on clayboard.
19 of my clayboards are included in "Sunlight: An Art Show with a Cause"
Gallery with a Cause, New Mexico Cancer Center, 4901 Lang Ave NE,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109
March 14 - June 5, 2010
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