Today I have brought in the three pieces of copper that I had left outside for approximately two months. I love them! The copper is very thin and because of this, the wind creased it up into different shapes. There are some very interesting lines from where the rain water couldn’t reach because of the creases and where I had to place plant pots because the wind kept blowing them away (into my neighbour’s front garden, which wasn’t fun retrieving!). The trouble was worth it. The copper captures the very thing I was looking for; documenting the traces and destruction caused by nature, and it is aesthetically pleasing as well. Realising how well this has worked out I will be placing more metal outside, especially copper, and letting nature do its thing.
The next part is to displaying these properly, I was thinking about mounting them onto black board so highlighting the different copper colours and patterns.
