Acrylic on paper, leather, wool and silk, with letterpress V, glass mosaic tiles and cowrie shells. 16 x 23.5 cm.
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- I present two blogs...Lac de Vie is a photo blog of my own real experiences framed as a kind of universal Cabin, situated in a remote forest by a beautiful lake. All photos on my blog were taken by me during actual visits to northern places. "North" is anything to which we orient our real inner compasses. North is true... Une Vie d'Artiste is a site on which I will post new work and personal news items, with discussions about both... All images copyright Erica Chappuis unless otherwise noted.
2 comments:
this is amazing! i hope you don't take this the wrong way but i wanted to get a tattoo of a mermaid inspired by Aztec elements, and while searching through the internet i found yours. shit now i'm torn between asking my tattoo artist to draw something similar because it will be jacking off your idea or using yours completely. if i use yours that may be a form of plagiarism. suggestions?
Not that I encourage direct plagiarism by any means, but US copyright law does make some allowance for work which is a copy, or done "after" another artist, but displays its own originality in some way. If it didn't allow for such creative endeavors, then Picasso's "copies" of other famous artists (Velazquez, Goya, and so on)could not be considered Picassos in their own right. Which clearly they are.
I wouldn't worry about infringing on copyright law in creating a tattoo based on any artist's work. It is well within artistic tradition. (I promise I won't try to confiscate it from you.)
Besides, it's flattering! Just think very carefully before making your decision. That tat will be with you for a very long time.
And do go to a tattoo artist who practices universal precautions.
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