‘Thoughts on making art and where its made’
‘The Cooler’ absolutley essential. I can not for a moment imagine not having a workshop. I would not be able to opporate without a workspace. I guess those who haven’t find a way of addapting their work to what they do have a spare room or a kitchen table. Workspace is the singular most important resource.
I guess some artists may see their workspace as an office, digital based, desks, tables and papers and books.
I require both these kinds of spaces to function. The office is where a different kind of creative work takes place. Research, ideas, reading and writing. Look at other artists work, manipulating images on a computer all indoor activities requiring some level of comfort.
The workshop is almost a semi outdoor place in winter. Construction tasks are carried out almost as if working outside often making a mess, which is why a seperate workshop is required .
Drawing: Now this is the problematic one for me. I have a large free standing drawing board and separate desks with a light box to draw on. But they are in the workshop making drawing almost an outdoor activity! Not so good….drawing is the transition from reading and writing to construction and making, and in an ideal world that would be in the office in the warm with computer and books to hand.
Thats probably why I don’t do any more drawing than I really need to. I hardly draw for fun or to experiment, my drawings are always functional and practical and relate to making. This is why I recently started drawing on a tablet as this is so versatile. It’s not an ipad, but I found a drawing app and I am hoping this will change the way I work and bring in new influences and ways of working.
I think drawing is the key I’m looking for to change my working methods. Actually I think it is more fundemental than that, its not working methods that will change, it is a change in approach, a change in how you think as it can be recorded in a different way!
Can this be described with two words: It used to be design, now it’s drawing?
