Tipping Patterns 1 & 2
Photographs of a chanced-upon bonfire heap (in Yorkshire, 2010) form foundations for a pair of drawings. Tracing the bonfire image, in the first months of lockdown, held my thoughts together. The subject – a shambolic, seasonal, pyramid-shaped puzzle – was compelling: of what was it made? composed by who? why should it all be here, in this particular Northern field? I saw in the photographic print a kind of giant Autumnal jigsaw tipped from its box and miniaturised by camera magic. Toying with the image, fond memories of lifting lids of inherited, 1930’s wooden games played on my mind. Later, another fleeting childhood incident was revived – when a tiny, diamond-shaped piece of wooden ‘Mosaik’ fell into lit the hearth, to be quickly rescued, lined with soot. From that daydream, particular traits in the drawing’s geometry hit home. What started with the lure of a ramshackle pile resulted in the mapping of a near-symmetrical pattern in a sort of Art Deco style. This, for me, a familiar process by which to gain a semblance of order midst a whole heap of confusion.
April 2020
Drawing pen and pencil on parchment paper, with linen paper, thread, ribbon, wooden dowel, photographic print, glassine paper, and silk thread.
Drawings: 32cm x 135cm / Photo collages: 21cm x 19.5cm.
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