Multiple trials were done to create this final piece – due to the destructive nature of lighting things on fire.

Magnesium ribbon was used to create the letters, it was lit, which burned the letters into the canvas “Art Is Dumb”. The magnesium, when burning, is too bright to be observed, and so the piece was at its most beautiful when it could not be looked at.

The magnesium letters were all lit simultaneously with an industrial butane torch :)

The idea behind this project was to show how art is dumb, and so I did something dumb to accomplish it.

I hope you enjoy, or don’t. it wouldn’t make a difference