Chapter 5: Spaces make Lines

3.5.1

Lines made by cutting and pasting black squares

 

	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

 

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

 

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.
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.)

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.

 

		Lines of flowers DIASHOW ANZEIGEN ALLE HERUNTERLADEN