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Preview of a new cardboard construction (Dirk Marwig, Feb.10th 2015)

Preview New cardboard construction

This is what my studio normally looks like when I’m at work on something. What a mess- I can hardly move. -This pic shows a preview of a new cardboard construction. It’s 197cm long and will be thicker when done.

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The Place of Lovely Ideas (-wall object- plywood construction with oil and string, 51cm x 72.5cm x 3.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

The Place of Lovely Ideas

* When I finish a piece like this one I feel very lucky. It unlocks something special. It is full of contradictions that play together and therefore reach another level altogether. The cycle of Contradiction and Juxtaposition working their magic.

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Untitled Construction 2015 (Cedar and plywood, 113.5cm x 73.5cm x 23.5cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Untitled Construction 2015

4 X the Fibonacci sequence of 1,1,2,3,5,8,13 and 21. The interesting beauty of math. The ‘divine angle’ 137.5º was used as reference to cut all the pieces.

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Simplex (Wood block print, 76.3cm x 48.6cm, Dirk Marwig 2015 )

Simplex

I just made 1 print of this wood cut. I don’t know if I’ll ever sell it. Minimalism at it’s best!

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Amaze 2015 (Wood block print, 76.3cm x 48.6cm, Dirk Marwig 2015 )

Amaze Blue

This “Amaze 2015” wood block print(wood cut) is available in ‘blue’ and ‘red’. It only exists in one(1) edition of 10 prints for each colour. You can buy them in the “SHOP” section of this site. This wood block print

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Amaze 2015 and Simplex Combination ( 3 Wood Block Prints, 76.3cm x 145.8cm, Dirk Marwig 2015)

Amaze 2015 and Simplex Combo

2 ‘Amaze 2015’ wood block prints -one in red, the other in blue- I then added a red ‘Simplex’ print and put it in the centre. Cool combo! You can stack, rotate and/or shuffle this combo-it always works.

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How I make a clean woodblock print (Dirk Marwig 2015)

Printing a wood block print

Here’s a quick look on how I make a clean wood block print. I took these 6 pics today while printing the the 5th red print(out of 10 red prints) of my ‘Amaze 2015’. I’m bored with ‘red’ so I’ll

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Amaze 2015 (Wood block test print #1, 48,6cm x 76.3cm, Dirk Marwig 2015 )

Amaze 2015

Today(Jan.6th 2015) I gave away test prints 1, 2 and 3 of my new wood cut(wood block) print on “Facebook” and on “Ello”. Happy New Year 2015!…and happy “Reyes Magos”! There is only 1 way ‘in’. Which one is it?

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Choker (choker necklace, Bloodwood and cable ties, 14.3cm diameter, Dirk Marwig 2014)

Choker

The cable ties hold the ‘choker’ together(no glue)-Because bloodwood is a very hard wood and the cable ties are semi flexible you can pull it open (to slip it on ) and then it snaps back into the original shape/position…(you

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The Deal / El Trato (Cedar wall object, 78cm x 90.5cm x 3.2cm, Dirk Marwig 2014)

The Deal

-Every ‘deal'(trato in spanish) has a detailed, limited framework on which 2 parties(or more) agree upon. The framework has a distinct ‘make-up’ only known to the parties involved – all ‘outsiders’ are excluded. So the framework becomes another- the 3rd

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