Over the last few weeks I have been creating an 8’x8′ (2.6mx2.6m) QR code mural on the 1200 block of Masonic Ave. next to where I live. Today I finished it and it works! The code will take you to a page on this blog where I have already loaded 200+ historical images of the Haight Ashbury with links to various other sites that have additional copyrighted images.
I generated the QR code at this site, a QR code generator that was a gift to the Internet community by Andreas Haerter and Andreas Wolf.
Here are the stages of the mural’s creation:
The metal wall I built to keep people from climbing the fence
Sanded and painted black
I’d done a collage here last year
Pristine work surface
Off white base coat
Only in SF are Wet Paint signs so multilingual
My technique for making chalk lines using magnets from a microwave
The QR (Quick Response) code, created from a QR generator site
The only single sheet of graph paper I could find is brown with ¼” squares
The transcribed code held up by my muse
I learned that the background doesn’t need to be white so I created this
I wanted something that was easily identifiable behind the code
The artist after adding the grid
The code against the background
Starting the grid
Excited by the work
I was eager to begin but it rained on two consecutive days off
Finally able to mark the squares to be painted black
Despite my double and triple checks I still made numerous mistakes in my marking
After two days, about 4 hours of paintying
3 days, about 7 hours
A last 2-3 hours. I was very nervous, I had no way of knowing whether it would scan before I finished
And if it didn’t I would have no way of figuring what was wrong.
Only when I was sure it would scan did I add this. I’ll replace it with an artist’s statement that explains how to get and use a QR scanner on a phone.
I will also be washing off or painting over the blue chalk lines and covering the surface with a few coats of urethane.
Only when I was sure it would scan did I add this. I’ll replace it with an artist’s statement that explains how to get and use a QR scanner on a phone.
I will also be washing off or painting over the blue chalk lines and covering the surface with a few coats of urethane.
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stan, nice job..
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Soooooooooooooooo cool, Stan!!
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Great concept and beautifully executed! You are a true artist sir!
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Nice job!
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Your finest work to date. .
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