Thinking about the practicalities of making a large piece of work to hang high above a communal space … it needs to be big enough to make an impact; it needs to be robust enough to hang in moving air without ripping or falling onto someone’s head. OK., the air is barely moving, but the principle still applies. It needs to be able to move gently without ripping, etcetera; the image needs to have an impact from a distance of several metres. Close inspection of the details will be impossible without a telescope or a very long ladder.
During the recent tidying-up session in the studio I came across this maquette hanging from a beam. It has probably been there for ten years, overlooked and consequently invisible. I think it may date from my “imaginary bones” phase, and was never developed any further. It might serve as a template for the new piece, but will need to be scaled up a wee bit.
