I thought I would carry on with a part 2 from my previous post describing mosaic making. I’d stopped at the point where everything is in place and things start getting good and where some kind of gratification starts coming back. To that point it had been very one way- by that I mean kind of prep work.
So everything is in place to do the interesting parts of the picture. The thing is like a painting, its about colours, its how you handle the material to represent whats being depicted. Its about relationships with neighboring areas.
But how to describe the descision making process is outside my ability. I can give clues:
Its about inventing systems for representation.
Its about carrying out the ideas you have formulated on the way to this point.
Its about being quick to spot if modifications are needed to those ideas if they fall short.
Its about patience and working areas to a position where there is little chance of getting things wrong (its a lot of work to pick off and re-do something again).
I can desribe it as being like a sheep dog, hearding things around a focal point in such a way that when the final thing is made it’s easy and works so well because the sounding elements were ushered into place for best effect.
Gratification comes where you can say;
those colour relationships work
that blend of different colours creates just the right tone
the rythymn of those shapes leads the eye nicely
I love that bit there, economical yet effective
The best part for me so far on this epic project is seeing them as a set. Not quite completed yet, but looking at all of them together. Thats when all the ideas, all the research and all the work come together…….for what? Others to interprete!
see the five completed ones to date on my website
http://rob-turner.blogspot.co.uk/p/news.html
My favourite so far is ‘Field Names’ the one with the crows. I think the one I am working on now might take top spot. I will have to wait and see. But I have kept my favourite till last and that is the next one yet to start.
