Started printing the 2 x carborundum prints this week over 2 days. The ink was drying more quickly than the work I had done in early February and after thinking about it I decided it was because I was using a different extender…so that the ‘oil paint’ feel of the Feb work was not there. Six layers is producing a deep grey with undertones. More layers are required but I’m planning to use the linseed extender for only the last few layers on the fat over lean principle.
But, feeling a little gloomy..as usual, in this stage of a project..the exciting planningexperimental stage is over and it’s down to the finish/complete. Will the carborundum prints work? Will the weather be good for the photographic work in Devon? Do I need logistics protection from Balinger Freight- transporting ceramics to the sands?
Food for thought in exhibitions this weekend.
Went to an exhibition of Eric Ravilious’ work at the Bristol RWA..how simple life seems!
At Spike Island, again in Bristol, Dewar and Gicquel’s first solo show in UK, Crepe Suzette, contains work they have crafted themselves starting from a position where they had to learn skills. Their stop go videos showing clay in rural environments…heaped up, falling away,,,various movements of the human body all done in unfired clay that will crumble are the opposite of a finely honed and edited video. “The artists see subversive potential in this gap between intention and outcome…because their lack of expertise means they surrender complete control over the things they make” – perhaps this applies to my ceramic work?
