Tutorial with Rob Newell and Andrea Liggins. Journey by train – the River Severn still attracts my attention.
Questions about colour and choice of Chinese paper used with the drawing machine, especially its scale and similarity to toilet tissue. Is the disposable appearance of the drawing a meaningful statement? My own reflections on the appearance of the drawing at the symposium was similar in as much as it had been very much the outcome from a process rather than a product which the meeting focused on.
A number of analogies arise which seem to be about the role/purpose of the drawings, there meanings and their appearance :
1. can the drawing be seen as part of the weave of activity undertaken by the local community and if so, what is its particular and maybe ongoing role? Does it play a similar role to the warp and weft? The paper is quite similar in appearance to that used in sewing/tailoring patterns.
2. If the disposable nature of the drawing is to be emphasised, what would happen next? Is there an analogy to be drawn with flowers and their process of decay and the casting of seeds?
3. I am aware of the line in the drawings representing life, rather as with an elector-cardiogram; both its vulnerability and resilience – taking this further in terms of environmental fragility and resilience, what might reference to disposability or weft and warp be saying?
4. It feels to be about a creative driving force, some shared framework no matter how subtle and irregular, even invisible – maybe nature. Is it coincidence that this element of William Robinson’s landscape design is currently receiving a high profile on the Chelsea Flower Show TV Coverage?
