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Frottage Art Technique Microteach
1. MLIS 9152L
Microteach Session
June 20, 2012
Sandy Gallipeau
Max Ernst, Frottage 1970. Oil on canvas
2. AGENDA
What is the Art of Frottage?
Materials
Activity
Reflection
Summary
3. Frottage
Surrealistic art technique
Max Ernst – 1925
Rub charcoal on paper
over a textured surface to
create a work of art
Textures from nature
Image from video featuring frottage technique demonstration
by artist Max Ernst
5. Frottage
Stretched canvas
Scrape paint over surface
Capture additional
images
Manmade textures
Max Ernst, The Forest (La forêt), 1927–28. Oil on canvas, 37 7/8 x
51 inches (96.3 x 129.5 cm). The Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection
6. Medieval Church Brasses
Brass portrait placed on
the burial vaults
Life-sized portraits of
12th to 17th century
Europeans
Knights in armour
Kings, Queens, lords
and ladies - court or
religious dress
London Brass Rubbings Centre, St Martins-in-the-Field
Church, Abbey http://www.smitf.org/page/visiting/brass.html
7. Gravestone Rubbings
Replication of the
gravestones
Historical - pioneer
Genealogical
Collect art work
Gravestone kits
waxes, tape & paper
Cover the whole stone
No marks
Acid-free
http://GlobalGenealogy.com
8. Texture
Library
• Create a library
of textures for
reference and
inspiration
•Record
•Object
•Paper
•Tools
http://damselflys.blogspot.ca/2009_01_01_archive.html
9. Frottage Activity
Step 1. Select an object – Natural or Manmade
Natural Objects Manmade Objects
Wood Tiles
Shells Stencils
Brazilian soapstone Mats
Corrugated cardboard
Step 2. Select a tools: Step 3. Select paper
Charcoal
Rice paper
Pencil Paper- various
Wax
Watercrayons Step 4. Repeat, if time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHdU4JfY-bU
10. Reflection
Natural Objects Manmade Objects
What did you create? What did you create?
What worked? What worked?
What didn’t work? What didn’t work?
Favorite texture? Favorite texture?
Other comments?
12. Sources
Gardner’s Art through the Ages
Guggenheim Collection http://www.guggenheim.org
London Brass Rubbings Centre, St Martins-in-the-Field
MoMA http://www.moma.org/
http://www.smitf.org/page/visiting/brass.html
http://GlobalGenealogy.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHdU4JfY-bU
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Ernst