I am thinking about works like Aschenblume (ash flower) where the earth seems to be at the bottom and it is cracked - see: https://www.themodern.org/program/anselm-kiefer-slow-art-virtual
The materials used are listed as "Oil, emulsion, acrylic paint, clay, ash, earth, and dried sunflower on canvas" Ash and clay have very fine particles, so binding them is not that difficult. It is the earth that could be problematic.
So, in the list of ingredients it says emulsion and acrylic paint:
- Emulsion as I understand it is very often a mixture between oil paint and water using egg yolk to create a matte paint - that could also be used as glue maybe?
- Acrylic paint could also be understood as an acrylic matte medium, but would one see that in the end result since it is not transparent?
- Is there a secret ingredient not listed?
Kiefer also uses shellac regularly - which I know becomes relatively matte when mixed with certain stone powders, and as such was for instance used in the past to repair damaged wood. But I am not sure it would yield a great result with earth because it is too shiny.
Any thoughts?
