Previous to the exhibition for TSLoT in Birmingham I had a decision to make; bring work previously made that I have no precious connection to or create a new body in response to the challenging brief.
Now, the brief ensures the artist knows they are relinquishing all authority over their work, so it would naturally make sense to give over work you feel is ‘put to rest’. However, I felt that this would not be embracing the emotionally chaotic implications of an artist re-working pieces of work fresh out of your mind, your hands and your studio.
The most recent piece made in response to the project brief was a 10 x 10cm paper relief contour model. There are 6 layers to this relief and it is all hand-cut from 350gsm weight paper.
The idea behind this piece:
a drawing exploration [I struggle to use the word drawing and separate it from painting, may be I shall invent a word that bridges that fathomous gap!] of landscapes I visit was photographed using the supermacro setting. The intention was to explore the surface of the drawing/painting as if it were a landscape, finding intriguing features that mimic the geological and erosive world we occupy. A close up photograph was then selected and I disected the contours of the photograph, creating a 6 layer relief contour model.
