Tom Friedman

Laurence suggested i look at Tom Friedman. i want to look at the piece untitled , toothpicks from 1985. Friedman takes simple objects like plastic cups, chewing gum or tooth picks and by repeating and adding quantity is left with these eye catching forms. he pushes and experiments with the every day materials to create a thing of beauty out of something most people have no desire for. this toothpic peace looks like an explosion , there is a great sense of movement creating a 3-d blur effect this is enhanced by the shadows as its darkened to the center creates an illusion of acceleration
i have mimicked this repetitive blurring technique in my recent triangle piece and let the computer create 2-d forms much like this by layering but making sure the points are 3pixlies apart it does look extremely similar to this piece.