I have now got to the stage where all the pieces, all 216 of them , (6 x 6 x6) are fired twice and ready to be threaded together using fishing twine and a special fisherman’s knot I learnt on Youtube. The thread is very slippy and can easily come undone , so this knot is twisted around itself 5 times on each end. I am very careful when I lay out the pieces that no object is next to a similar shape in any single direction. I am creating a sense of balance, in my head anyway, of form , size , complexity of shape across the different planes.This takes some time to do and I want to make sure that the viewer gets an interesting perspective from each side of the cube. The line of sight will be on a range through the middle of the space for most people, lower down viewers will be able to see up into the space. I want to give a sense of a cloud of objects ‘floating’ or suspended in a formal arrangement, but each unique and distinct. the perspex cube frames the pieces but the landscape can be seen as a backdrop all around. This is a part of the process I really enjoy, listening to Radio 4, lots of political discussions to listen to and tiny knots to concentrate on.
