I am finding making these ‘elemental drawings’ absolutely addictive! (Although I suppose I’m not really making them… the weather is). Here is No.3 in the series, mentioned last week and using coffee and charcoal as the raw materials. I like the clearly defined and stippled circles (made by the ‘coffeepods’) amidst all the chaos. With the introduction of specific shapes these essentially abstract ‘drawings’ open themselves up to more figurative interpretations. I see lots of things in No.3…
The image above brings to mind an aerial view of the aftermath of some kind of slash-and-burn deforestation.
And then there are Tatooine’s twin suns…
A diffuse nebula, an interstellar cloud of galactic dust?…
And something terribly important happening at a cellular level?…
I have one final (m-must… end… addiction) ‘drawing’ brewing on the roof - it includes red wine, chocolate and candle wax.
I’m (optimistically) hoping for a bit of warm(ish) sunshine between now and the end of the 96 hours so the chocolate might melt again and morph into new shapes and greasy textures – but I fear one of Amsterdam’s gigantic mean-spirited seagulls will make off with it before that can happen! (They’re rumoured to have an insatiable appetite for chocolate and never say no to a snifter of red wine).
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7 November, 2008 at 1:56 am
kendalee
This is such a wonderful series! And I think this is my favourite one so far – gorgeous textures. Although I still love the 1st one. And the second one reminded me of a cat curled in sleep and I loved that too. Oh, no way to choose between them really. Are you thinking of framing them eventually? Or do you have something else in mind?
7 November, 2008 at 5:11 am
Brittany
I love these! I’ve been wanting to do more that lets nature take place in the art. Congratulations on a job well done!
10 November, 2008 at 6:48 am
Freshly Found
I am enjoying the process! What fun. Look forward to the wine and chocolate version!
10 November, 2008 at 1:56 pm
sakurasnow
Hi all – thanks very much for your comments and for following these experiments with me. It’s fun to have lab partners!
Kendalee: It’s interesting that you saw a cat curled in sleep in No.2 (I like the image!:) – I saw some kind of big fish, turning in water. I don’t know what I’m going to do with them yet – perhaps use them as surfaces for drawing on, or chop them up into little bits and use them as textures in collages…?