I knew that by collecting my own data I would have a wide scope for the project, and could make interesting, unique and varied images. The simple graph I formed from people sitting at tables in the business school seemed to offer more than the leaflets in terms of potential, because it doesn't rely on other people's graphics and colour choices. For inspiration and visual research we were given a selection of old books to browse so that we could find images that related to our initial data; I focussed on architectural plans, grid-like arrangements and graph like images. For this project I wanted to subvert the grid, in contrast to my embroidery project, and needed to find a way to form grids that weren't too traditional.
I began to mark-make in black and white as instructed; this imposed limitation helped me to concentrate on shape and texture, and I really enjoyed just experimenting and playing with materials. A Charles Rennie Mackintosh chair caught my eye, and by paper cutting I formed a stencil that I then used to flick ink through, and also to paint stripes through.
Although I was pleased by the results, I preferred the look of the stencil itself once it had been accidentally covered in ink. Its bold and graphic style is eye catching, and the ink saturated the paper, tearing away pieces randomly, forming interesting shapes.
Focussing on the circle shapes, I tried different ways to make marks, using ink and charcoal.
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| Spattered ink |
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| Rolled charcoal creates pretty negative shapes |
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| While pipetting ink onto paper these amazing bubbles formed. I liked the reflections. |
Moving on from wet media, I started trying our paper solutions, looking at layers and paper cutting, using the rectangle stencil as inspiration.
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| Introducing text |
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