A year ago I added printed text on kelp and then it dried. The surface resembles a woven backing. It is like an interface that is found on the hidden side of a fabric, intended for strengthening, not for show. I took it back to the sea.
I am collecting seaweed again. Obviously it is not weed to the ocean. Pieces like strips of leather, malleable and substantial, they are rich with nutrients. I experiment with weaving and adding more text.
Moving between painting, printing text and weaving. The colours from vegetables applied in thin layers and left to dry whilst I do other things.
I do not know if the colours from vegetables will last, but I am finding my own way with colour, mark-making and experimenting with texture. Inadvertently the movement of the sea may have snuck in. It feels good to be painting again – how many years have I carried the message in the my head that it is not what I do as an artist…. and how difficult it is to explain what I do do!
