Super Inspired!!!

The other day I stopped by a new favorite blog-read of mine Little Green Notebook.  Jenny had this FABULOUS post- about using a Rorschach ink blot as inspiration for interior design.  I was so excited by this post- and felt an immediate burst of inspiration!

Jenny sites  Jay-Z's  memoir Decoded as the inspiration behind this fabulous design idea. D got it as a Christmas gift- and the cover is stunning.

(From Jenny's post- it is a Warhol painting entitled Rorschach).

I immediatly felt that the interesting, yet super simple design- done on a large scale- would be INSANE for my mantel. (I've been searching for the right piece to put there since I started re-designing the room- but wanted something different from my typical style). 

SO- I set off on a mission- to create an ink blot inspired painting for our mantle. 

Check it:

Here's what I did- first  I created an ink blot on a large piece of drawing paper with Ralph Lauren's  Regent Metallics collection in Golden Candelsticks, it's an  inetrior latex paint which I used here and here in previous mural projects. 

I made sure to put large amounts of paint on the paper so that I would then be able to transfer the design to the canvas. (I'm feeling the look of the original print more because of it's opacity- but I wanted the look of the wrapped canvas as opposed to a framed print).

Once that was complete I centered the paper onto the canvas and transfered the design.

This step did not go exactally as I had hoped- the canvas did not recieve the paint like the paper did (paper is more absorbant- possibly raw canvas would work better?)

So then I went back into the design with a series of smaller "ink blot" monoprints over the original design to add details and create a little more interest and also make it a little larger. The grainy print quality on the canvas is starting to grow on me:) 

I'm planning on playing around with the process more- it was fun!  What do you think??? I'm thinking a set of maybe 4 smaller ones could be really cool too.

....and thank you SO much to Jenny from Little Green Notebook for the design inspiration!