Jonathan Seliger
Fresh, 2001
Cotton paper, silkscreen mylar, cotton, pigment, linen with aluminum powder
Box: 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches, pie: 4 x 1 inch

Dieu Donné is pleased to announce a new edition by Jonathan Seliger. Taking liberties both in design and color, Seliger worked cut and paste style from an original "Table Talk" box. The mocked up package design was laid out in Photoshop, shot and printed as a 4-color silkscreen on a smooth, glass-dried cotton linter paper and over-printed with a transparent, flat layer for sheen. The boxes were hand-cut and assembled with archival adhesive.

The pie was cast into a 2-part plaster mold that was painted with a mixture of burnt siena pigment and methyl cellulose to lend a burnt look. The doughy colored pulp was cast into the mold and sponged by hand. When dry, the two-part cast was assembled with glue and painted with the same mixture of pigment and methyl cellulose and finished off with a gloss acrylic medium coat on the top of the pie.

For the "aluminum" tins, freshly-pressed, silver pigmented cotton rag sheets were cast into aluminum tin forms, covered with cotton cloth and weighed down with sand to minimize shrinkage and maximize detail. When dry, the paper was cut off the tin, and the edges were trimmed and glued with Jade glue on the underside. A mixture of aluminum powder and methyl cellulose was then painted onto each "tin" and finished with 2 coats of spray varnish.