I’ve found an affinity with wood chip wallpaper. I think I’m drawn to it because of it’s associations with questionable taste (?) and that it’s often used to cover up a host of imperfections on a wall. It’s also a blank canvas on which to paint.
Attempting to draw onto the surface throws up a crop of issues – lots of tiny little wood chip bumps restrict any great detail but I think that is a great benefit, that’s the character of the medium.
Initially I’ve begun to make some really basic drawings, just shapes to begin with, exploring texture and possibilities. The idea of physical resistance interests me… I will be looking at resistance and the contextual setting around wood chip wallpaper to try and bring these two areas together.
