I began experimenting with this idea in late 2012…
These photgraphs document the first time the whole room was covered with strands.
While I was creating the piece I was thinking a lot about how things effect a space, the intangible vs the tangible… How I could fill a space with the most transient material. Stuffed full of nothingness.
To be completely honest, the more I persevered with the piece… the more it looked appealing visually/and the less I enjoyed it.
Spending many hours each day in a completely white room sticking each piece of floss strand by strand to the ceiling was, to say the least, utterly painful.
Exploring the ideas of installation and thin, light materials has made me realise that although this was a really good opportunity to develop my knowledge and understanding of this area… I really want to be making a solid object (whether that is painting, sculpture, drawing etc) It has also shown me that I strive for colour and personality in my work and this style and the concerns that I have been talking about don’t necessarily relate to who I am as a person…It is more a part of my yearning to constantly learn and understand art (and life) in a deeper way and find new ways of looking at things.
