On Exponential Art, the number 59, Vermillion,

One month ago to the day four days from now I started an artistic endeavor having stationary markers soak through a stack of paper. I stood a set of Copic markers inside drinking glasses and waited. The neatly arranged set lived under a travertine coffee table in the auxiliary living room of my apartment. No more than 6 times did I accidentally disturb the glasses while I was sitting at the table drinking a bottle of wine.

Last night I revealed the sheets.

59.

The ink soaked through 59, 80gsm sheets of paper in one month. I was enjoying a bottle of Bordeaux last night and revealing each sheet one at a time. It told a story that I did not expect. As you moved the pages there would be a pint where one color would just disappear. Other colors expanded out, seemingly annexing other space and absorbing weaker colors. From page 12 to page 13 a half inch band of ice blue disappeared out of existence. I don’t know where it.

Vermillion.

Vermillion soaked through 59 sheets. I don’t know what gives Vermillion such persistence. It was quite the unexpected character trait. I expected Special Black 100 or Royal Blue 29 to penetrate the most. Or perhaps an intense purple. Sheet 59 had a pin dot of color in the upper left quadrant of the paper. On Sheet 1, vermillion did not soak and expand to the entire glass, the pigment focused into a dollop the size of a quarter.

Tomorrow I am going to take pictures and document all of the pieces with a proper camera. I’m also going to setup some triptychs and collections for those who are interested. Potential collections to include Prime Numbers, Even Numbers, my favorite numbers, your favorite numbers.