3.5.1
Lines made by cutting and pasting black squares
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 | I wanted to see how regular and irregular placing of the cut squares influences the way I see the line. I think that irregular placing makes for more interaction of the line and the shapes around the squares. |
Circles
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When does space change into a line? Somewhere along the way ... In contrast to the shape on page 04 right I tried a very thin line on page 05.
Irregular shapes
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The idea of “quiet” and “unquiet” lines in combination with irregular forms and placing came up on page 06. On page 07 I placed the cut shapes more freely to get a few lines branching away from the main line. It was like doing a puzzle, and a lot of fun.
As I cut and pasted I was more and more reminded of natural forms, lines on stones found on a beach, traces of insects on leaves and bark and much more.
3.5.2 Working with coloured papers
First I made some coloured papers, as I had almost used up my stock. It was lovely to do this again.
 | Strips from an old calendar image on acrylics ground. The idea for the striped pattern came from the painting. This has a strong pattern in itself, so the negative shapes do not emerge very strongly. |
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Wrapping paper on acrylics ground. The pattern was inspired by Pentrego, | a 16th century farmhouse in Wales where I stayed during my holiday. |
 | Papers coloured with gouache. I think the clear lines and the washes of colour enhance each other. |
 | Leftovers from above, a nice bookmark |
 | Leftover shapes from Module 1 on wrapping paper from a flower shop. (It would be nice to cover the intensely pink paper with shapes in a muted colour to make the lines stand out – the idea has just popped up during writing.) |
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These are also leftover snippets from Module 1, cut and arranged to form patterns of lines. At first I thought a stronger contrast of colours would be better, but looking at the images a few days later I like them.
Extra activity:
I love Andy Goldsworthy’s work! At the moment his books are out of print in Germany. I am glad I have a few.
 | During my walking holiday in Wales I gathered strands of wool, spun them in the evening and draped the thread somewhere near my tent. This is a rather delicate line on Llan Cryngoed campsite. |
 | When I came back home the time for cherries was already over. On the table under the cherry tree a lot of fallen cherries had dried and moulded. I placed them in line and took the photograph a moment before the rain began, in the last light of the sun. I like the shadow and the stems of the cherries sticking out. Next time I would form the line to be at an angle to the gaps between the boards of the table and the fissures. |
When I came home from work yesterday a strong rain had beaten a lot of flowers from a bush. They were quite fresh and crisp and could be arranged in different ways – joined to make a chain, stuck upright into the grass, piled randomly. The sun played hide-and-seek behind rain clouds the whole time, and I tried to catch the changing light and moved around my lines a lot when taking the photographs.
