Project: Using Texture

Exercise: Experimenting with texture

Frottage:

Guess how surprised I was to find out that this word has a second conatation which was sexual. The original meaning of the word is to create an image using a rubbing of a strong texture like grained wood or brick. I like to see the two as related seeing as the sexual meaning inspires thoughts of passion which may lead to creating life, much the same way as making a piece of art work come to life with a rubbing.

Max Ernst invented the artistic version of frottage in 1925 and here is my interpretation.