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| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | 8:25 pm
[maandusa]
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blood preservation?
hi ladies (and gents?)! i'm interested in menstrual art, but two projects i would like to do aren't paintings, and i need some advice from those of you used to working with blood as a medium... first of all -- and please don't judge, i know it seems cheesy -- i want to create a blood vial necklace containing a little of my blood and a little of my husband's. i have some vials to work with, and i plan to seal them permanently with adhesive and decoratively with wax possibly. anyway, i have no idea how to go about preserving the blood so that it doesn't evaporate, rot, clot, change color, etc... i don't mind a little darkening, of course, but i still want it to be obviously our blood. i don't even mind if it's just a couple drops from each of us -- doesn't have to be a full vial... so i'm wondering if using alcohol, oil, or some other "carrier" would work? actually, it would be quite interesting visually if it was a few drops "floating" in a clear solution such as alcohol/oil. secondly, i have a glass bottle in the shape of a female torso that is currently filled with a red-tinted liquid and silk flowers, which i use as one of my Goddess statues. i would like to empty it, and refill it using my mentstrual blood and some herbs that represent the Goddess. again, i would be happy to include a carrier liquid and the amount of blood doesn't have to fill the bottle (it's about 4 - 5 inches tall -- that's a lot of blood!). this will then be sealed with cork and wax most likely (as it currently is), but i can also include a permanent sealant if necessary. so, i am looking to this community for suggestions of how i can accomplish this -- preserving the blood in liquid form to prevent rancidity, clotting, etc. i appreciate any suggestions! | | Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | 1:08 pm
[nic_untwisted]
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| | Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | 8:09 pm
[missmarauderr]
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is menstrual art hygienic?
I have only recently discovered menstrual art and I find it facinating. All the pictures that I've seen in this community are beautiful. They seem to bring more spirituality to the picture. Hovever I have seen more wonderful artworks on deviant art. I'm a little put off by all the negative comments posted by most viewers. Is menstrual art actually unhygienic? Does it contain harmful bacteria? Or are people just disgusted because of how society has made anything to do with menstruation almost taboo? | | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | 5:39 pm
[nic_untwisted]
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| | Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 | 10:06 pm
[pink_porcupette]
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 Another from this month. I named it 'two roosters fighting'. I think it is an appropriate subject to be painted with blood. Instead of forcing the blood spot(s) into a picture I've planned, I've been just spending time gazing at them, and then it comes to me what they are supposed to be. Up until my last four pieces of blood art, I was using the blood more as an accent around a drawing, often just painted around the drawing itself. When I was doing those pictures, I was making blood art as a sort of therapeutic thing, to make something positive out of a negative experience (severe cramps). It doesn't feel like that anymore. :/ Current Mood:  confused | | Monday, August 31st, 2009 | 3:50 pm
[pink_porcupette]
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 I named it 'birth of a calf'. It's more abstract-y than usual for me, but it seemed correct for some reason. Current Mood:  melancholy | | Saturday, August 1st, 2009 | 12:50 am
[guardian_erin]
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| | Friday, July 31st, 2009 | 2:10 am
[guardian_erin]
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"Half Torn" - First Menstrala
I've drawn up a few sketches already for future coloring, but this is the first I've actually painted. It summarizes my overall frustration, self-hatred, emotional anguish, and physical condition for the day. I'm torn to pieces. Time for tomorrow to come. ( Cut for size ) | | Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 | 2:49 pm
[nic_untwisted]
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| | Friday, July 17th, 2009 | 10:35 am
[nic_untwisted]
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| | Thursday, July 16th, 2009 | 11:40 am
[nic_untwisted]
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| | Monday, April 13th, 2009 | 12:02 am
[mahpetit]
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| | Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | 3:33 pm
[spiralingmoon]
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| | Monday, March 9th, 2009 | 1:27 am
[lemon_migraine]
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| | Sunday, January 18th, 2009 | 9:38 pm
[pink_porcupette]
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| | Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | 12:19 am
[narvasadata]
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| | Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 | 6:52 pm
[bloodblooms]
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Questions:
I was wondering when you guys paint with your mentrual blood do you water it down kind of like water colors or strait on? do you use brushes or fingers. All these questions because i just became brave enough (I am scared of ripping out my iud with the suction of the cup) to use my menstrual cup and I thought i would mark that little milestone with a little painting. Thanks! | | Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 | 10:23 pm
[pink_porcupette]
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Two blood/ ink pictures, one from last month and one from a few days ago. ( Behind a cut because they are a bit large. )I've never tracked my periods on a calender. I've gotten the impression that this is something that most girls/ women do, but I just can't. I'm very unorganized I suppose, but I've never had a period sneak up on me. There is always some light pink spotting beforehand when I go to the bathroom, and I've never gotten it in the middle of the night and woken up unexpectedly in a pool of blood. It sort of bothers me, I feel like I should be tracking it somehow, but i don't see the point because it changes from month to month, especially if I've taken a large dose of vitamin C to ward off a cold or something like that. I made a Menstrual Art folder in my DA gallery so all my blood art pictures would be together. I thought I had done more, but there are only 8. The first one was posted over two years ago, I should have dozens by now. It seems like such a waste to me that so many periods went by without my doing something with them. I could have made art but I just flushed all that blood down the drain. It really is disappointing to me, but I'm hoping that having them all in one group where I can see them will inspire me to make more. | | Thursday, September 4th, 2008 | 12:08 am
[browneyedlayne]
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more more more!
Alright, thanks to your encouragement and support I have finished my second painting. This is a re-make of my original highlighter-drawing of myself being killed by a bear. I think it's better in some ways, but lacking in others. I absolutely suck at doing hands. Maybe I'll add more grass around them to hide them a little better. The blood looks great, especially in real life. Super gory! I changed the bear to a brown bear b/c I originally didn't have a brown highlighter and there aren't really polar bears in regular forests, though the white would've looked awesome with all that blood.. oh well.  I have a lot of ideas for my third one, and so I'm thinking I just might have to go with this theme until it gets old or annoying. Right now it's still fun for me (though my roommate was really disgusted when he saw me use the blood and realized I wasn't lying about it!) I don't have any fresh blood so I'll have to do this last one quickly or wait until next month! Perhaps I'll just work on the painting(s?) then add the blood.. when it comes. ha ha. OH! I just realized I'm out of canvas.. so it'll have to wait I guess. Here are the two next to each other.  Thanks for all the comments and support! I'll be sure to update here with any future attempts! Layne Current Mood:  sillyCurrent Music: The Blow | | Monday, September 1st, 2008 | 6:51 pm
[browneyedlayne]
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what NOT to do on your period?
Hello friends! I stumbled upon this community today as I was looking for information about using menstrual blood to paint with. It's an idea I've been interested in for a long time. I promised a friend of mine I'd make a painting for him with my period blood, and decided that today was the day! I decided to start a set of paintings about what not to do on your period. This idea basically started as a joke when I was invited to go camping but heard rumors that bears can smell the menstrual blood and attack (still not sure if this is true or not!) I was at work so I did a quick self portrait with highlighters and pens of myself being killed by a bear titled "Don't go camping on your period". I plan on reproducing it with paint (and menstrual blood of course!) and with more blood in the correct areas. :)  (My sister actually had this posted in her office for months with many mixed responses!) I also plan a third self portrait which will probably be me being mauled by dinosaurs ("Don't time travel on your period") but I'm not quite decided yet. My second self portrait, but first painted one is titled "Don't go swimming in shark infested waters whilst on menstrual cycle"  I know they're kind of gory, but they're supposed to be silly at the same time. (And please excuse the photo quality, all I have is my cell phone camera.) I've had some traumatic experiences associated with my menstrual cycle which I'll probably work on later, but these are meant to have a more cartoony/lively/color-book feel. I used menstrual blood mixed with a little bit of red paint (so it wouldn't be too brown when it dried) on all the parts with red- the sunset, the shark's mouth, and of course in the water around my bathingsuit. This is only my second real attempt at painting since high school (7 years!) and I'm pretty happy with it, but I'd love any comments/suggestions/critiques/ect! Layne Current Mood:  amusedCurrent Music: Modest Mouse |
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