Studio work - 11/12.11.17
Home, work and focus.
I’d been feeling a little out of sorts recently and it left my studio work lacking, especially after I had been experiencing illness with a recent virus. I decided it was best to go home, not only to rest but also because I knew it would be far easier for me to surround myself with landscape and space when at my parents house.
Something I really enjoyed whilst on a walk was that I was able to capture seemingly rural areas that were in actual fact next door to domesticated built up housing. The idea that there are hidden spaces like this, and that some inhabitants don’t even know this is their local space, is something I really enjoy and revel in.
I also brought a large off-cut of canvas with me with the distinct intent on creating some rubbings on it. I took the canvas out into our woodland nearby and rubbed the canvas on tress, took rubbings from bark, laid the canvas in a stream, rubbed it in the earth and just immersed the canvas in the landscape. I was so happy with the outcome of this piece and really liked the capturing of the piece in the space; I also captured the piece drying out in our kitchen and it reminded me of Alida Sayer’s work exhibited in Felbrigg Hall (I am always currently part of the Markers workshop).
I am considering adding automatic writings to this piece and contemplating whether to leave the canvas in a natural state of to stretch in to a frame.
