CHRISTINE PALAMIDESSI
CHRISTINE PALAMIDESSI
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August Rebirth: Every 17 Years 🔴
July-August 2021
Gouache on plaster embedded cartapesta
10 x 8 x 7.5
Billions of cicadas emerged. Their only business was to make more of itself.
Process images
Painted cartapesta mask
Casting the face
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Working in my summer studio
Pulling mask from cast
Collecting 'blank canvases'
Cartapesta embedded with hardening agents
Designing
Bejeweling