Moonchild
Batik on habotai silk
60cm x 60cm
Currently in the International Year of Batik Exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Warwickshire until 10th August.
A lot of my recent work is quite experimental, deliberately aiming to bypass the thought process and allowing for a more intuitive expression.
I took the unusual step of posting the work stage by stage on Facebook www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1328414350&locale=en_GB
Creating work this way is like stepping into the unknown and I like that. No boundaries, just unlimited possibilities.
I know and understand the medium of batik very well, so I can make marks and textures well enough without any overthinking.
One of the things that I've always loved about this medium is the element of chance that comes with the unique interaction of wax resist and dyes. Add to that mix wonderful textural black mono-print marks, discharged browns of potassium permanganate and all the resultant chemical interactions and changes to the fibre structure, the overlaying of procion dye colours in successive wax removals and re-workings and that chance element takes on another dimension.
Moonchild was created with a sense of playfulness and spontaneity.
It reflects back to me all of the thoughts, feelings, emotions and ideas that have gone before into an almost human form, iconic, caught somewhere between the digital and analogue, spirit striving for form. An apparition.
Moonchild
Batik on habotai silk
60cm x 60cm
Currently in the International Year of Batik Exhibition at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum in Warwickshire until 10th August.
A lot of my recent work is quite experimental, deliberately aiming to bypass the thought process and allowing for a more intuitive expression.
I took the unusual step of posting the work stage by stage on Facebook www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1328414350&locale=en_GB
Creating work this way is like stepping into the unknown and I like that. No boundaries, just unlimited possibilities.
I know and understand the medium of batik very well, so I can make marks and textures well enough without any overthinking.
One of the things that I've always loved about this medium is the element of chance that comes with the unique interaction of wax resist and dyes. Add to that mix wonderful textural black mono-print marks, discharged browns of potassium permanganate and all the resultant chemical interactions and changes to the fibre structure, the overlaying of procion dye colours in successive wax removals and re-workings and that chance element takes on another dimension.
Moonchild was created with a sense of playfulness and spontaneity.
It reflects back to me all of the thoughts, feelings, emotions and ideas that have gone before into an almost human form, iconic, caught somewhere between the digital and analogue, spirit striving for form. An apparition.