By the time I had sorted out some domestic chores, I didn’t get to the studio until twelve o’clock today. Had the day off yesterday with slight inner ear dizzy thing going on; it is quite an interesting sensation to move suddenly and find that the world keeps on going instead of stopping when I do. Except when I nearly fall over. . .
I have prepared some collagraph blocks for printing, there are some artists book structures started and some artwork ready to go off to be made into silk screen frames. I have one or two formats in mind for my books and will probably make some prototypes before going into production of about 5 editions for each version although I am not too bothered by editioning; it is more important to me to create interesting work.
There are some phrases and words floating in my head along with the dizziness, that I am thinking of including along with the imagery and textures of the printmaking. I want to bring in some asemic text alongside the “real” words and continue the references to textile construction. I find it fascinating that a straight length of yarn, a “line” as Tim Ingold would describe it, can, with a few twists, become a textile, a cloth.
I used a few minutes to play with my Chinese brushes and ink, to explore patterns, constructions, lines. A few sheets of paper have been washed with acrylic paint and these will be used as the base for the first run of print experiments.
There are lots of useful references from the Jameel Prize exhibition at the V&A lurking in the background; things that made connections to my working practice as well as approaches that run parallel to my own ideas and imagery. I was also excited to realise today that there is an exhibition at Turner Contemporary, Margate of Frankenthaler and Turner paintings. Oh, the colour! I’ve loved both these painters for ages and will organise a trip down South to see this important show. I have been planning some more big paintings based on some of my small studies, and just thinking about Frankenthaler’s work makes me want to get on with it again!
