Yesterday I used all of my homemade tools that I learned how to make in Mondays ceramic workshop to investigate their capabilities when used with ink, and ink diluted in water. I think the outcomes are really interesting. I tried to approach this process without critical judgement of how the marks were turning out. As Elaine mentioned Monday, in the past students have used mark makings like this to inform sculptural pieces. I’d like to take a closer look at these mark makings now and see if I can use them to inspire maybe a 3D piece or maybe even incorporate them into my other two electives (PFV and Animation). I enjoyed this process a lot because it allowed me to be less precious about making a ‘pretty picture’ and gets me to step back and ask questions about the process of what I’m doing and what feels good to me. It also reminded me that not everything I produce has to have a positive outcome, and the reason why we do things like this is to see what works and what doesn’t and to confront maybe the self saboteur that holds us back from making something.
