I’ve hit the ground running at my studio these past two days, achieving a lot. I have yet more to achieve for the work to really animate the space, but that is exciting.
I was lucky enough to have an assistant yesterday, a friend came to help me and it was an interesting experience having never worked with anyone in the studio before. He is not an artist, or a student, his knowledge of anything contemporary is the information I drip feed him. I demonstrated making paper to him and he achieved a lot, to a very good standard which I was impressed with.
It raises questions of authentication to me though, is it still my work if he made the paper that I will then go on to cut and mould into shape? The truth of the matter is, I have a lot to achieve in a short amount of time, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
The plans are coming along nicely and it’s been so lovely to be focused on a project again. I work best under pressure and I pile the pressure on myself in a variety of ways.
I’m again looking at the context of my idea, I am intruigued by how materials can represent things, more specifically nature. There is something in nature from nature and back to nature again, which is what I’m aiming to focus on in this exhibition. The paper is created from trees, the paper is moulded into flowers, and then, circumstances pertaining, the paper may well go back to disintergrating into nature once again.
I’m hoping the weather is good in July for the exhibition, as nice as it would look to see the garden slowly decompose and be eaten, I would love to be able to keep it all. I’m torn, and realise that had I wanted it to really last forever, maybe I shouldn’t have chosen paper, but then it will change my concept, everything is all so interlinked and maybe I’m being too literal. Today though, as it rains, I can’t help believing that all my hardwork will be absored back into mother nature.
