Saturday, 23 February 2019

When a plan comes together...

  "First I saw the mountains in the painting then I saw the painting in the mountains"
Chinese Proverb

Don't you love it when a plan, combined with a series of unconnected parts, all comes together in unison, inspirations, materials, technique and passion, an explosively expressive combination?

Today I started and completed the first component of my first biomorphic work for a couple of years, combining a love of Sumi-e mountains, a fascination with repetitive pattern, a specific technique and of course, Biomorphism; a recognition and understanding of all of these elements have been a part and parcel of my daily life though always it seemed one or the other was absent, worse still, incomplete leaving naught but frustration and dissatisfaction with any work completed, today I am satisfied.

   



Though each is created from a mould the Clay is literally spooned and guided into each of the grooves cuts and depressions creating multiple Individual components, shaped, baked and then affixed to a main body of work.