Le dejeuner sur l’herbe.

[Dennis]

Has the Forum gone all French? No, don’t worry, it’s just the title of my class project this term.
To make an object which could become part of a chosen painting, or photograph. Rather similar to a previous project, but with a different teacher.
The picture I have chosen is ‘Le dejeuner sur l’herbe’, by Eduard Manet, 1862. A nude woman is seen picnicking with two fully clad men in an open space, possibly a public park. She looks straight at her audience instead of averting her eye. This was shocking to Parisians at the time and my response was to make a folding screen with a patinated silver frame. It is made enigmatic by being filled in with a copy of that part of the painting which it is supposed to hide.
The 2.0mm hinge knuckles aligned well between the chamfered uprights and I was pleased to find that by inserting a long lead from a clutch pencil for extra security and the use of a little Contex, a graphite antiflux, I was able to solder four at once. For hinge pins I used 1.0mm tubing, so as to avoid too much hammering. Wire used for the frames, 1.5mm square. Size of screen sections, 3.5x 2.3 mm.
Is this a Protest Against Prudery? Or a relic of the Subjugation of Women? Or a Feminist Icon? Dennis.

[Di Sandland]

aw, Dennis, you never cease to amaze me - this is a superb application of the design brief. This also happens to be one of my favourite paintings. I lived for a year in Bougival where many of the impressionists lived and worked. Every turn of the Seine presents you with an impressionist painting 'in the flesh' so to speak. Wonderful.

[snow_imp]

Wow. That is so amazing and beautiful Dennis.

[caroleallen]

That truly is amazing. I love it.

[jille]

great stuff, i love the way your mind works

[Tabby66]

Fantastic as always Dennis.

[MuranoSilver]

Dennis
That's so innovative ~ what a fantastic interpretation of your design brief
LOVE it!
Nic x

[Dennis]

Thank you all for that, Dennis.

[Jayne]

You have a good eye Dennis - v elegant
J x