bottle caps

bottle caps http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html Plastic bottle caps - like bags, a plastic product that can’t be/ isn’t recycled. I conceived of an “endless column” of these caps, after Constantin Brancussi’s iconic modernist sculpture. One became two, and two became many. While making these columns, I noticed the smaller caps tended to nest inside one another, and the color combinations reminded me of Chuck Close’s painted portraits. So I got sidetracked and started on a large self-portrait made entirely of bottle caps. The piece measures 8 feet by 7 feet. No paint is used, except to delineate a few shadows where white board was showing through. In a few cases, the caps are trimmed in order to fit a tight space. The newest piece in this series is “My Eye,” which at 27” x 38” is about 5 times the detail of the eye in my large self-portrait. My Eye http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html#0 7c3cbada-8634-4b1a-97eb-2638303f065e http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF8604/thumb.jpg http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF8604/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">My Eye</p></div></div> CLOSE http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html#1 390df64f-d6d6-4f53-ab10-77ca47cd148d http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5741/thumb.jpg http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5741/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">CLOSE</p></div></div> me and “CLOSE” http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html#2 12d14c95-8cc5-4205-b0b1-1dd39c9b935b http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5743/thumb.jpg http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5743/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">me and “CLOSE”</p></div></div> detail - nose http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html#3 cd8211ef-ac74-4b87-b656-7bb52aff42d0 http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5627/thumb.jpg http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5627/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Endless Columns</p></div></div> Endless Columns http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html#5 30d6c134-bff4-42f5-b006-36b73bb1555f http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5986/thumb.jpg http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF5986/micro.jpg

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_182_35"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Endless Columns</p></div></div> Columbia College Bookstore, Dec 2011 - Jan 2012 http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps.html#6 868a7ef9-c6ef-42cd-98ed-5f6150521e92 http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF8253/thumb.jpg http://www.maryellencroteau.net/mec_website/galleries/Pages/bottle_caps_files/Media/DSCF8253/micro.jpg

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