lisaekle 4 compression

Layering bubble wrap with concrete, the concrete tile can compress under force:

lisaekle 3 movement

As the concrete cured, I inserted wires into the tubes to shift the concrete. The cracks began appearing in 10 minutes using rapidset concrete.

lisaekle 2 color

I added green concrete pigment incrementally to the concrete mixture after each pour in order to create a gradient. The texture in the 1st image is a result of always pouring along the same side of the form.

This first color test was using fabric dye. A layer of red dye in the bottom of the form was pushed to the surface once the concrete was poured in. The wood was soaked in the dye to test if the concrete would pull any color from the saturated pieces.

lisaekle 1 texture & form

Testing the ability of the concrete to pick up intricate surfaces and forms, I used flexible basswood (that I later peeled off the concrete) to create these shapes.