Here are several photographs of my latest work. At the moment I am exploring the patterns possible with the rope, and different ways of laying it out. I’m both exploring the best visual composition and the most efficient way to use the space.
I’m finding it hard to fill in space between two circles and finding a way to join them. Having two circular shapes on the floor leaves me with the problem of the space in between and around them, and rope, although workable, is difficult to put into a space of that shape. I wanted to fill a floor area with rope but I can’t find a suitable method of doing so, and if I can’t find one I will have to consider having areas of floor space unused.
One advantage of these pieces and of using wooden objects adjacent to rope is that they become a single piece of multiple components. There are no individual pieces of work meaning that the work can be applied to almost any space. Also the layout of the work and the process of joining parts become much more flexible. However the flexibility of rope is still impeded by the circular shapes. Rope curls with ease into these circular shapes, but the negative space and corners created by touching circles is not suitably shaped to be filled with rope….
Visually I feel that the piece does not necessarily convey a powerful visual, but I definitely feel that work has a calming sense of reduction. The lack of colour and the reduction of material to two similar parts give the work a unity and a simple visual. The repetitive motion of the rope provides a calming feeling. As with repetition the viewer is aware of the whole object viewing the work in its entirety from any viewing position. Much to the similarity of Donald Judd’s concept of the whole, the repetition of the rope and material the viewer is instantly aware of the recurrence and begins to duplicate their visualisation of the repetition (Knowing and visualising the areas they cannot see), Thus creating a calming visual piece.
