Both pieces made by Jude Willerton are mounted on black. She says in her accompanying note “The first attempt was very random & spontaneous with no real plan… The second (The crow) came together easily & spontaneously.”
Whenever I see the crow appear it is, for me, part of a story. …. He/she may be coming, going, comic, opportunist, onlooker, harbinger of doom, admired, feared, loved or despised. What next I don’t yet know but crow has entered my own work and is waiting for the idea to take shape.
Now all the pictures from the first round are uploaded it suggests a time to reflect on how the art allotments are developing. It is really interesting to see how others interpret the same material in such individual ways.
If I consider what influence this project has upon my own work so far it is to make me to open my eyes wider & wider to the possibilities of collage techniques in both the visual & non-visual world.
I am determined to welcome images that appear. If things go wrong with what I am working on – I cut it up, rearrange & look again as many times as it takes. Cutting & pasting is a much more satisfying way of changing & making corrections. Reflection comes later…at least 24 hours. This process of taking a number of given materials and quickly choosing & combining a selected few in a playful manner continues to be inspirational.
