Styrofoam Art Creation: From Printer to Flame

Degraded Image Ethan Vicars

This is my original image Fresh off the printer

I printed out letters I wanted to use Fresh off the printer

I taped the two pieces of paper together I also needed a light source for tracing

Tracing is complete I used a black sharpie

I ripped the tape off It didn’t tear as much as I thought it would

I started to cut out the traced letters This was pretty difficult

The cutting complete

I traced ALL onto a Styrofoam block Again with the black sharpie

Then I cut out ALL from the Styrofoam This step was extremely messy

Next I glued the two cutouts together The glue had a hard time staying on top of the Styrofoam because it is so porous

I glued the image to some construction paper That got me thinking why is it called construction paper

I glued the Styrofoam ALL to the construction paper Again with the pores

You can hardly tell there is Styrofoam there

I lit the image on fire This was a controlled burn

I wet a paper towel My dabbing technique was flawless

This is where the water soaked in

Water damage On top of fire damage

This was the final project I really like the way it came out

Different Angle

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