Shadowy Mobile

Inspired by the trompe l'oeil shadow work in Marcel Duchamp's painting Tu m' at the Yale Art Gallery, and also by people remarking on the interesting shadows made by my mobiles, I decided to try using shadows within a mobile itself. Here is a closeup of my initial exploration:


I think there's potential here. At times, the pieces do seem to melt into the background, as desired, but they are still a bit too concrete. Next time, I'll print the images on a larger scale, so that the pieces seem less like pictures of shadows and more like actual shadows.